Esophageal Disorders

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Podcast
Craig Zalvan, MD
Podcast
07/12/2023
In this podcast, Craig Zalvan, MD, talks about the diagnosis and management of patients with functional heartburn, including what treatment options are available and what lifestyle modifications...
07/12/2023
prevalence
prevalence
06/07/2022
Researchers examined the prevalence of esophageal cancer and Barrett esophagus in US adults.
06/07/2022
Photoclinic
Photoclinic
03/22/2022
A 34-year-old man presented to the emergency department with the inability to pass oral secretions after attempting to swallow a multivitamin pill.
03/22/2022

Interactive Features

Esophagitis
Esophagus
Esophagitis
05/18/2020
In this slideshow, click through to learn about 4 different conditions affecting the esophagus. Each slide links to the full case report for more details.
05/18/2020
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleeding
01/31/2020
Should you use the AIMS65 Score for Upper GI Bleeding Mortality to identify patients who are at very low risk for rebleeding or mortality? Take our quick quiz and find out.
01/31/2020
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
10/31/2018

Clinical Insights

Podcast
Craig Zalvan, MD
Podcast
07/12/2023
In this podcast, Craig Zalvan, MD, talks about the diagnosis and management of patients with functional heartburn, including what treatment options are available and what lifestyle modifications...
07/12/2023
Esophageal Disorders
Esophageal Disorders
08/04/2020
He discusses research into the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and proton pump inhibitor-refractory GERD.
08/04/2020
Esophageal Disorders
Esophageal Disorders
01/09/2020
Dr Patel, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, highlights the current role of proton-pump inhibitors and related adverse effects, indications for their use, and more.
01/09/2020
Gastroenterology
Gastroenterology
12/19/2019
Scott Simpson, MD, answers our questions about his research on whether reflux scintigraphy is clinically useful in the diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and can aid in optimizing treatment of...
12/19/2019
Esophageal Disorders
Esophageal Disorders
09/25/2018
Dr Sangeeta Agrawal, the Division Director of Gastroenterology at Wright State University discusses her recently published systematic review on MicroRNA and the progression of Barrett esophagus.
09/25/2018