Clinical Features of Reflux Esophagitis in Older People: A Study of 840 Consecutive Patients

2006111 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Alberto Pilotto · Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Marilisa Franceschi

Abstract

Elderly patients with reflux esophagitis had less-typical and more-nonspecific symptoms than young or adult patients. Old age, male sex, and hiatus hernia size greater than 3 cm are significantly associated with severe esophagitis. Clinicians caring for older patients should be aware of the nonspecific presentation and potential severity of reflux esophagitis in this population.

Topics & Keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Eosinophilic Esophagitis Esophageal and GI Pathology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 54, Issue 10, pp. 1537-1542

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00899.x

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