Journal article
Medical treatments in the short term management of reflux oesophagitis
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Oesophagitis arises when reflux of acid from the stomach into the oesophagus causes mucosal inflammation. It is a common problem and a systematic review on the optimum treatment would be useful.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effectiveness of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), H2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs), prokinetic therapy, sucralfate and placebo in healing oesophagitis or curing reflux symptoms or both. To compare adverse effects with …
Authors
Moayyedi P; Santana J; Khan M; Preston C; Donnellan C
Journal
, , No. 2,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd003244.pub2
ISSN
1465-1858