#Gerd endoscopy findings license

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#Gerd endoscopy findings license

This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND). Nonetheless, the authors bring us a relevant topic reinforcing the low diagnostic yield and clinical impact of UGIE in patients with only extraesophageal manifestations, especially in the youngest and those without alarm symptoms. Other study limitations, highlighted by the authors, were the relatively small number of patients with only atypical GERD symptoms and the sample size.

With this in mind, we think that perhaps the endoscopic findings in patients with true extraesophageal GERD manifestations may be even less prevalent. On the other hand, the authors included patients with alarm symptoms who have formal indication for UGIE and a higher pre-test probability of having relevant endoscopic findings. Additionally, the specificities about present or past proton pump inhibitors therapy (dosage, duration, response) have not been given. , UGIE was prescribed by different specialists and nothing was told about other previous tests done in investigation and its results. One of the major factors that contributes to the controversy of GERD-associated extraesophageal manifestations is that other potential causes have not been adequately evaluated and/or treated before.