[Frequency of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) as a complication in patients with chronic liver diseases: estimation of frequency scale for the system of GERD].
Recently, a questionnaire, Frequency Scale for the System of GERD (FSSG), has been estimated to be clinically useful for the initial diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We investigated the frequency of GERD as a complication in patients with chronic liver diseases by using the questionnaire, FSSG. As a result, it may be considered that, as a complication of chronic liver disease, GERD exists in about 20% of patients and mainly belongs to a dyskinetic type.
Department of Medicine and Bioregulatory Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
Akihiro
A
Ueda
Munechika
M
Enjoji
Masaki
M
Kato
Naoki
N
Yamashita
Yuki
Y
Horikawa
Hirotaka
H
Tajiri
Kazuhiro
K
Kotoh
Makoto
M
Nakamuta
Ryoichi
R
Takayanagi
D002908:Chronic Disease; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires