API-ISG Consensus Guidelines for Management of Gastrooesophageal Reflux Disease.

API-ISG Consensus Guidelines for Management of Gastrooesophageal Reflux Disease. J Assoc Physicians India. 2020 Oct;68(10):69-80 Authors: Bhatia S, Pareek KK, Kumar A, Upadhyay R, Tiwaskar M, Jain A, Gupta P, Nadkar MY, Prakash A, Dutta A, Chavan R, Kedia S, Ahuja V, Ghoshal U, Agarwal A, Makharia G Abstract Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common problem in the community. The Indian Society of Gastroenterology and Association of Physicians of India have developed this evidence-based practice guideline for management of GERD in adults. A modified Delphi process was used to develop this consensus containing 43 statements, which were generated by electronic voting iteration as well as face-to-face meeting, and review of the supporting literature primarily from India. These statements include 4 on epidemiology, 9 on clinical presentation, 11 on investigations, 18 on treatment (including medical, endoscopic, and surgical modalities), and one on complications of GERD. The statement was regarded as accepted when the proportion of those who voted either to accept completely or with minor reservation was 80% or higher. The prevalence of GERD in large population-based studies in India is approximately 10% and is probably increasing due to lifestyle changes and increase in obesity. The diagnosis of GERD in the community should be mainly based on presence of classical symptoms like heartburn and sour regurgitation, and empiric treatm...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research