[Gastro-esophageal reflux and asthma].
Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) is more frequent in asthmatic patients than in the community at large. A causative association between the two diseases is suspected. Twenty-four hour ambulatory intraoesophageal pH monitoring represents the golden standard for the diagnosis of GER. The medical and/or surgical treatment of reflux in asthmatic patients with GER can improve pulmonary symptoms and to a lesser extent pulmonary function. The selection of the patients who will benefit from a GER treatment is difficult. Some symptoms like intrinsic asthma, nocturnal crises, could predict a good response to GER treatment.
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Université de Liège, Service de Gastroentérologie, CHU Liège.
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D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D011379:Prognosis