MECHANISMS OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX IN PATIENTS WITH REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS
MECHANISMS OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX IN PATIENTS WITH REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm198212163072503
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
EGIDE, MS
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作者:
DODDS, WJ;DENT, J;EGIDE, MS
The mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux in 10 patients with reflux esophagitis were evaluated and the results were compared with findings from 10 controls. The patients had more episodes of reflux (35 .+-. 15 in 12 h, as compared with 9 .+-. 8 in the controls) and a lower pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter (13 .+-. 8 mmHg as compared with 29 .+-. 9 in the controls) (P < 0.001). Reflux occurred by 3 different mechanisms: transient complete relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter, a transient increase in intraabdominal pressure or spontaneous free reflux associated with a low resting pressure of the lower esophageal sphincter. In controls 94% of reflux episodes were caused by transient sphincter relaxation. In the patients, 65% of episodes of reflux accompanied transient sphincter relaxation, 17% accompanied a transient increase in intraabdominal pressure and 18% occurred as spontaneous free reflux. The predominant reflux mechanism in individual patients varied: some had normal resting sphincter pressure and reflux that occurred primarily during transient sphincter relaxation, whereas others with low resting sphincter pressures had spontaneous free reflux or reflux that occurred during an increase in intraabdominal pressure.