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Managing heartburn and reflux in primary care.
- Source :
- JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins); Mar2024, Vol. 37 Issue 3, p24-30, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This article describes an algorithmic approach to caring for patients presenting with heartburn and reflux, including empiric treatment with acid-suppression therapy and a data-driven approach to diagnostic testing. This article also reviews the efficacy and safety profile of the widely available and commonly used proton pump inhibitors. Refining our approach to diagnostic testing can reduce time to diagnosis, better control patients' symptoms, and limit complications of longstanding disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux treatment
GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux diagnosis
CONTINUING education units
MEDICAL protocols
PROFESSIONAL practice
BEHAVIOR modification
DIGESTIVE system endoscopic surgery
PRIMARY health care
HEARTBURN
DRUG efficacy
HEALTH behavior
BIOTELEMETRY
PROTON pump inhibitors
EARLY diagnosis
EVIDENCE-based medicine
BARRETT'S esophagus
GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux
ALGORITHMS
ESOPHAGUS diseases
SYMPTOMS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15471896
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- JAAPA: Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 176027977
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.JAA.0001005620.54669.f4