Gastro-oesophageal reflux in morbidly obese patients is associated with hiatal hernias but not with body mass index

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 315-

  Kiewiet, R M ^a   van Vliet, A C M ^a  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33749075805     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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