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To evaluate the diagnostic utility of various clinical tests and determine how oesophagitis relates to reflux symptoms, anatomical signs, and gastric acid secretion in suspected GERD.

January 1, 1986Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Oesophagitis, Signs of Reflux, and Gastric Acid Secretion in Patients with Symptoms of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease

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KJKarl‐Erik JohanssonSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences PAP. AskLinköping University BBB BoerydLinköping University Hospital

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Clinical study reveals mucosal damage correlates with junction incompetence rather than acid secretion in reflux patients, indicating structural dysfunction drives severe disease.

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To evaluate the diagnostic utility of various clinical tests and determine how oesophagitis relates to reflux symptoms, anatomical signs, and gastric acid secretion in suspected GERD.
Evaluated 100 patients referred to a surgical clinic with symptoms suggestive of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Performed diagnostic assessments including endoscopy, acid perfusion testing, 24-hour pH monitoring, oesophageal manometry, radiology, and gastric acid secretion tests.
Forty-nine percent of patients had normal oesophageal mucosa or diffuse oesophagitis, with no significant difference in heartburn or regurgitation severity across mucosal grades.
Severity of macroscopic oesophagitis significantly correlated with total reflux time, hiatal hernia, open cardia, and low lower oesophageal sphincter pressure, achieving 94% sensitivity for junction incompetence in severe cases.
Gastric hypersecretion occurred in 66% of patients, but gastric acid output did not correlate with oesophagitis severity or 24-hour pH findings.

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Johansson et al. (1986) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a91a93af7aed8cb59e3c7ca https://doi.org/10.3109/00365528609011128

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Clinical study reveals mucosal damage correlates with junction incompetence rather than acid secretion in reflux patients, indicating structural dysfunction drives severe disease.

Oesophagitis, Signs of Reflux, and Gastric Acid Secretion in Patients with Symptoms of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease

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Oesophagitis, Signs of Reflux, and Gastric Acid Secretion in Patients with Symptoms of Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease

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