Gastro-esophageal reflux in asthmatic patients

J. K. Suh, Ho In Kwang Ho In, Ra Lee So Ra Lee, Yeub Lee Sang Yeub Lee, Youn Cho Jae Youn Cho, Jeong Shim Jae Jeong Shim, Ho Kang Kyung Ho Kang, Hwa Yoo Se Hwa Yoo

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    Abstract

    Background: The prevalence of Gastro-esophageal reflux(GER) in patients with asthma is estimated to be 50~60% and treatment of GER has been shown to improve asthma symptoms in Western. But GER has been known to be less common in Eastern and GER prevalence rates in asthmatics are not available in Korea. Method: We compared the prevalence rate of GER in 42 patients with asthma to that in 20 healthy normal controls and examined the efficacy of new prokinetic drug, cisapride (40 mg/day, 8 weeks) in patients with GER and asthma. For acid GER to be considered pathological, 24 hour esophageal pH monitoring should reveal values exceeding upper limit of 95 percentile for at least one of 6 parameter of DeMesseter's table. Result: The results showed GER was more common in patients with asthma(11/42, 26.2%) than normal controls(3/20, 15%) and asthmatics group showed a significant longer supine time pH<4(%) and total time pH <4(%), and more reflux episodes as compared with normal control group. After 4 asthmatics with GER were treated with cisapride, their asthma symptom scores, FEV1 and composite scores of pH monitoring were improved. Conclusion: GER is more common in asthmatics than in normal controls in Korea and prepulsid reduces asthma symptoms in patients with GER and asthma.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)836-843
    Number of pages8
    JournalTuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
    Volume44
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1997

    Keywords

    • Bronchial asthma
    • Gastroesophageal reflux

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
    • Infectious Diseases

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