TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Barrett Esophagus in the Elderly
AU - Otaki, Fouad
AU - Iyer, Prasad G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding: Supported in part by NIH, USA R01 grant CA 241064 (to P.G. Iyer).
Funding Information:
P.G. Iyer: Research funding from C2 Therapeutics , Nine Point Medical , Exact Sciences , Consultant: Medtronic, CSA Medical, Symple Surgical; F. Otaki has nothing to disclose.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - As our population continues to age, the early diagnosis and optimal management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease becomes paramount. Maintaining a low threshold for evaluating atypical symptoms in this population is key to improving outcomes. Should patients develop complications including severe esophagitis, peptic stricture, or Barrett esophagus, then a discussion of medical, endoscopic, and surgical treatments that accounts for patient's comorbidities and survival is important. Advances in screening, surveillance, and endoscopic treatment of Barrett esophagus have allowed us to dispel concerns of futility and treat a larger subset of the at-risk population.
AB - As our population continues to age, the early diagnosis and optimal management of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease becomes paramount. Maintaining a low threshold for evaluating atypical symptoms in this population is key to improving outcomes. Should patients develop complications including severe esophagitis, peptic stricture, or Barrett esophagus, then a discussion of medical, endoscopic, and surgical treatments that accounts for patient's comorbidities and survival is important. Advances in screening, surveillance, and endoscopic treatment of Barrett esophagus have allowed us to dispel concerns of futility and treat a larger subset of the at-risk population.
KW - Barrett esophagus
KW - Elderly
KW - Esophageal adenocarcinoma
KW - GERD
KW - Gastroesophageal reflux disease
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cger.2020.08.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cger.2020.08.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 33213770
AN - SCOPUS:85094577102
SN - 0749-0690
VL - 37
SP - 17
EP - 29
JO - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
JF - Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
IS - 1
ER -