Prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease in patients with difficult to control asthma and effect of proton pump inhibitor therapy on asthma symptoms, reflux symptoms, pulmonary function and requirement for asthma medications | Zendy

Veerendra Sandur | Zendy; M. Murugesh | Zendy; Vaibhav S Banait | Zendy; PM Rathi | Zendy; SJ Bhatia | Zendy; JM Joshi | Zendy; Arvind Kate | Zendy

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Prevalence of gastro-esophageal reflux disease in patients with difficult to control asthma and effect of proton pump inhibitor therapy on asthma symptoms, reflux symptoms, pulmonary function and requirement for asthma medications

Author(s) -

Veerendra Sandur,

M. Murugesh,

Vaibhav S Banait,

PM Rathi,

SJ Bhatia,

JM Joshi,

Arvind Kate

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of postgraduate medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 0972-2823

pISSN - 0022-3859

DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.138754

Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , gerd , omeprazole , reflux , proton pump inhibitor , pulmonary function testing , gastroenterology , disease

The hypothesis that GER can trigger or exacerbate asthma is supported by several clinical trials that have shown amelioration in asthma symptoms and/or an improvement in pulmonary function after antireflux therapy.

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