Open AccessFunctional heartburn: An underrecognized cause of PPI-refractory symptoms
Author(s) -
Scott Gabbard,
Sonya Vijayvargiya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cleveland clinic journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1939-2869
pISSN - 0891-1150
DOI - 10.3949/ccjm.86a.19006
Subject(s) - medicine , heartburn , refractory (planetary science) , intensive care medicine , dermatology , reflux , physics , disease , astrobiology
Functional heartburn--persistent symptoms of esophageal reflux with no objective evidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)--is the most common cause of failure of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy, but it is often overlooked by internists and gastroenterologists.
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