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Advances in  identification and treatment of refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease#br#

  

  1. 1.Department of Gastroenterology, the Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University,
    Shijiazhuang 050051, China; 2. Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospital of
    Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
  • Online:2017-01-05 Published:2017-01-12
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Bai Wenyuan, Email: wenyuanbai@medmail.com.cn

Abstract: Refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease (RGERD) refers to the use of the standard dose of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) for eight weeks, reflux symptoms still remain no remission of gastroesophageal reflux disease. Symptoms of RGERD are characterized by persistent severe and frequent regurgitation after treatment with standard PPI. RGERD accounts for 10%40% of GERD, while 50% of RGERD is functional heartburn, which is the main source of PPI failure. RGERD is often associated with nonacid reflux. In patients with GERD who failed twice daily PPI therapy, the association of nonacid reflux with symptoms was much higher than that of acid reflux. The mechanism of RGERD is summarized as two aspects: PPI treatment failure and PPI resistance. RGERD diagnosis and treatment of the current AsiaPacific consensus  indicates that none of the drugs can solve the failure of PPI treatment, a specific analysis of each RGERD etiology is necessary so as to take individual and reasonable treatment.

Key words: gastroesophageal reflux, proton pump inhibitors, consensus