Faculty Opinions recommendation of Limited diagnostic value of laryngopharyngeal lesions in patients with gastroesophageal reflux during routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prateek Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Gastroesophageal Reflux ◽  
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal

Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Infants: Diagnostic Usefulness and Safety

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 828-831
Author(s):  
Charles B. Hargrove ◽  
Martin H. Ulshen ◽  
Mitchell D. Shub
Keyword(s):  
Gastroesophageal Reflux ◽  
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ◽  
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Diagnostic Technique ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage ◽  
Diagnostic Aid ◽  
Diagnostic Usefulness ◽  
Transient Bradycardia ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal

Although fiberoptic, upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy has become an accepted diagnostic technique in the older child and adult, concerns about safety have limited the use of this procedure in infants. A 1-year experience with 49 upper gastrointestinal endoscopies in infants less than 25 months of age is reported. There were varied indications for the procedures, including upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage and obstruction, but evaluation for esophagitis secondary to gastroesophageal reflux was most common. Procedures were performed without sedation in 45% of all infants studied, including 87% of infants less than 3 months of age; procedures were well tolerated. General anesthesia was used on only three occasions. A thorough examination was always possible, and biopsies were taken whenever indicated. Only one complication, transient bradycardia, occurred in a critically ill infant. This experience demonstrates that upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is a safe and effective diagnostic aid in infants, and it can often be performed with little or no sedation.

scholarly journals The impact of gastroesophageal reflux in the ENT pathology

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. 141-148
Author(s):  
Violeta Melinte ◽  
Codrut Sarafoleanu
Keyword(s):  
Gastroesophageal Reflux ◽  
Chronic Condition ◽  
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ◽  
Medical Risk ◽  
Inflammatory Conditions ◽  
Medical Risk Factors ◽  
Gastric Contents ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Upper Gastrointestinal

Abstract Frequently encountered in medical practice, the gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a chronic condition characterized by the passage of gastric acid or gastric contents into the esophagus. In otorhinolaryngology, the diagnosis of pharyngo-laryngeal or rhinosinusal inflammatory conditions secondary to GER is one of exclusion and it is based on a detailed anamnesis in which we are interested in symptoms, behavioural and medical risk factors, on the ENT clinical examination, the laryngo-fibroscopical assessment, the phoniatric examination, the barite pharyngo-esogastric exam, the upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and the esophageal manometry. The authors are making a systematization of the contribution of the gastroesophageal reflux has in the ENT pathology, emphasising the sympytoms and the most frequent associated pathological entities.

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