Esophageal disorders Flashcards
GERD- Eti
- 20% of adults
- reflux esophagitis develops in 1/3
GERD- Sx
- Heartburn 30-60 min after meals & reclining
- Relief with antacids
- Regurgitations- sour or bitter
- Dysphagia
GERD- Dx
- Treat empirically with PPI 4-8 wks
- If symptoms persist then endoscopy to determine contributing or complicating symptoms
GERD- Tx
- Eliminate acidic foods
- Antacids
- PPI
Infections esophagitis- Eti
- Immunosupressed
- Candida albicans, herpes, CMV
- Herpes can affect normal host
Infections esophagitis- Sx
- Odynophagia
- Dysphagia
- Oral thrush
- Substernal chest pain
Infections esophagitis- Dx
- Endoscopy with biopsy
Infections esophagitis- Tx
- Empiric- Tx causative organism
Pill induced esophagitis- Eti
- More likely in hospital pts.
- NSAIDs, Abx, most common
Pill induced esophagitis- Sx
- Severe retrosternal chest pain
- Odynphagia
- Dysphagia
Pill induced esophagitis-Dx
- Endoscopy- discrete shallow or deep ulcers
Pill induced esophagitis- Tx
- Take pills with H20, remain upright for 30 min
- Don’t give agents to people with dysmotiity
Caustic esophageal injury- Eti
- Accidental or deliberate ingestion to alkali or acid
Caustic esophageal injury- Sx
- Severe burning, chest pain, gagging, dysphagia & drooling
- Aspiration- stridor & wheezing
Caustic esophageal injury- Dx
- Endoscopy
- Assess circulatory status, perforation
Caustic esophageal injury- Tx
- Supportive
- PPI
- severe injury must be closely monitored for strictures- surgery
Barrett esophagus- Eti
- Complication of GERD
- Up to 10% of pts
- Change from squamous epithelium to columnar
Barrett esophagus- Sx
- Orange, gastic epithelium on endoscopy
- No specific sx
- Long term GERD
- May lead to adenocarcinoma
Barrett esophagus- Dx
- Endoscopy- change from white squamous epithelium to orange columnar epithelium
Barrett esophagus-Tx
- PPI
- Surveillance to determine endoscopy
- Ablation