Block 1 - GERD Flashcards
What is GERD?
Sx from refluxed stomach contents into esophagus, oral cavity, for lungs
What are the risk factors of GERD?
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Trigger in food or meds
- Respiratory disease
- Obesity
What are the food trigers for GERD?
Spicy foods, acidic foods (tomato), coffee, alcohol
What are the med triggers for GERD?
NSAIDs, ASA, Iron, bisphosphonates
What are the typical sx of GERD?
- Heartburn
- Regurgitation
What are atypical sx of GERD?
- Dyspepsia
- Epigastric pain
- N
- Belching
- Bloating
What are alarming sx of GERD?
- Dysphagia
- Odynophagia
- GI bleeding
- Weigh loss
What are Extraesophageal sx of GERD?
- Chronic cough
- Asthma
- Chronic laryngitis
- Airway sx
What are the types of GERD tissue injuries?
- Esophagitis
- Barretts esophagus
- Esophageal strictures
- Esophageal adenocarcinoma
What are the dangers of Barretts esophagus?
Can be a precursor to cancer
How can we diagnos GERD?
- Clinical hx for typical sx
- Tests: not respondant to thearpy or have alarm sx
- Endoscopy is preferred
What are the goals of GERD treatments?
- Reduce or eliminate symptoms
- Decrease frequency and duration of GERD
- Promote healing of injured mucosa
- Prevent complications
- Improve quality of life
What are the considered treatments of GERD?
- Lifestyle modifications
- Patient-directed therapy with antacids, nonprescription H2RAs and/or nonprescription PPIs
- Pharmacologic treatment with prescription strength acid suppression therapy
- Prokinetics
- Surgery
- Endoscopic therapies
What are the lifestyle mods for GERD?
- Weight loss
- Head elevation 6-8 in
- Smaller meals
- Wait 3 hr after eating to sleep
- Avoid triggers
- Smoking cessation
- Avoid tight fitting clothes
- Avoid alcohol
What are the antacids?
- Calcium
- Aluminum
- Magnesium
What are the H2RAs?
Cimetidine
Famotidine
Nizatadine
Ranitidine*
Ranitidine no longer on the market
What are the PPIs?
Dexlansoprazole, lansoprazole
Esomeprazole, omeprazole
Pantoprazole
Rabeprazole
What are the prokinetics?
- Metoclopramide
- Bethanechol
What are the exclusions of self care?
- Heartburn 3 months and nocturnal
- OTC x 2 weeks w/ sx
- Severe typical and atypical sx
- Alarm sx
- Extraesophageal sx
- Children
- > 45YO w/ ne dyspepsia
What is first line tx for acute sx less than 2x weekly?
Antacids
What is the MOA of antacids?
Neutralize acid and raise intragastic pH to > 4 which decreases activation of pepsinogen and increases LES pressure
What are the formulations of antacids?
Capsules, tablets, chewable, suspensions
Aluminum, calcium, magnesium based