[Peer review about gastro-esophageal reflux disease in primary care: epidemiology, diagnostic and therapeutic management].
Retrospective research carried out by 29 General Practitioners in their databases, in order to evaluate the prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease in its different clinical outbreaks and the incidence of new diagnosis in the last quinquennium, the diagnostic approach through instrumental examinations (endoscopy) or empirical tests (PPI test), and the therapeutical aspects, in particular concerning the usage of PPI. The prevalence has been of 3.82%, while the data concerning the incidence have pointed out a progressive increase of the diagnosis in the last quinquennium, specially for the atypical outbreaks. Moreover, it has been noted a likely excessive use of endoscopy, in the follow up as well, while less used is the IPP test. Gastroesophageal reflux disease is the most important item in the expenditure for the usage of IPP.
Belleri
Giuseppe
G
Medici di Medicina generale, ASL Provinciale di Brescia. bellegi@inwind.it
Comini
Lorenzo
L
Ramponi
G Pietro
GP
Tabaglio
Erminio
E
Archetti
Giuseppe
G
Astori
Paola
P
Baldini
Salvatore
S
Baronchelli
Mario
M
Beltrami
Giuseppe
G
Benini
Fausto
F
Bertolotti
Bartolomea
B
Bettoncelli
Germano
G
Bonardelli
Emanuele
E
Bovini
Luigi
L
Chiappi
Alessandro
A
Ferrari
Albarosa
A
Guarnera
Lucia
L
Mauro
Nicola
N
Multineddu
Mario
M
Mutti
Erica
E
Palini
Sergio
S
Palumbo
Marco
M
Pascarella
Anna
A
Pellizzari
Rossella
R
Regazzoli
Tommaso
T
Sidari
Giuseppe
G
Terranova
F Romana
FR
Zadra
Alessandro
A
Zavanella
Daniela
D