(PDF) Reflux Aspiration and Lung Disease by Alyn H. Morice

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Table of Contents

Pathology.- Diagnostic confusion through the ages.- Gastroesophageal reflux disease: an overview.- Chemical composition of refluxate.- Pathological processes.- Pathophysiology in the lung.- Effect of reflux on cough sensitivity and bronchial responsiveness.- Diagnosis.- Reflux diagnosis using questionnaires.- Pepsin detection as a diagnostic test for reflux disease.- Imaging reflux.- High resolution oesophageal manometry in the investigation of unexplained cough.- Cough monitoring in reflux lung disease.- Reflux aspiration in specific lung diseases.- The relationship between asthma and gastro-esophageal reflux.- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and COPD.- Gastro oesophageal reflux and bronchiectasis.- Reflux aspiration and cystic fibrosis.- Gastro-oesophageal reflux and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and chronic cough.- Reflux and aspiration: their presumed role in chronic cough and development of end-stage lung disease.- Reflux aspiration in specific circumstances.- Reflux and aspiration in the Intensive Care Unit.- Incidence and risk of aspiration in mechanically ventilated patients.- Reflux in paediatrics.- Aspiration in the elderly.- Therapy of airway reflux.- Acid suppression for management of gastroesophageal reflux disease; benefits and risks.- Reflux inhibitors and prokinetics.- Macrolides, reflux and respiratory disease.- Inhaled, nebulised and oral bronchodilators in reflux disease.- Speech therapy: reflux aspiration and lung diseases.- Anti reflux surgery.