- The first comprehensive overview of reflux in relation to respiratory disease
- Provides easy cross reference of diagnosis and therapy aiding patient management
- Mechanism of reflux related to airways disease are explored in depth
Reflux is an important factor in many different lung diseases and its manifestations are under recognised. The pathological basis of reflux has recently undergone major changes and clinicians' understanding has improved with diagnostic technology.
This book aims to educate and inform professionals of these latest developments and give practical advice to their application in the clinical setting. It contains contributions written by world experts discussing their latest research, ideas and future directions in this fast moving area. Pharmacological, surgical and behavioural techniques in the prevention and treatment of reflux are discussed in each chapter. Special circumstances, such as eosinophilic inflammation in relation to asthma, cough and eosinophilic bronchitis are also highlighted.
This book brings together the various different strands of research in reflux in relation to airways disease, to provide readers with a board summary of how the different but overlapping areas impacted by reflux affect the respiratory tract.
Table of Contents- 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.
