Variety of symptoms reported by patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases
Variety of symptoms reported by patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases
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上消化道疾病患者报告的各种症状
作者:
H. Nagami;Y. Kushiyama;E. Kakuta;Hirofumi Fujishiro;K. Furuta;Y. Komazawa;T. Hashimoto;K. Tsubouchi;N. Moriyama;K. Adachi;Y. Kinoshita
BackgroundThe characteristics of symptoms reported by patients with various organic and functional upper gastroduodenal diseases have not been fully studied.MethodsWe used a questionnaire-based survey to investigate abdominal symptoms of patients with reflux esophagitis, nonerosive reflux disease (NERD), peptic ulcers, and functional dyspepsia (FD). Seven hundred thirty-seven patients with those conditions responded to a questionnaire asking about the possible presence of nine kinds of upper abdominal symptoms.ResultsThe mean number of symptoms reported was 3.2 ± 1.7, and patients with organic diseases tended to have a larger number. Approximately 60% of patients with NERD complained of heartburn and 30% of at least one dyspeptic symptom; more than 50% of patients with FD noted dyspeptic symptoms and 20% complained of reflux symptoms. We found a large overlap in the abdominal symptoms of NERD and FD patients, including the most troublesome symptoms.ConclusionIn summary, our questionnaire-based study showed that symptom-based classification of NERD and FD is not easy because of symptom overlap. Possible overlap of NERD and FD should always be considered.
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29.4
作者:
Talley,NJ;Zinsmeister,AR;Schleck,CD;Melton3rd,LJ
通讯作者:
Melton3rd,LJ