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ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2016

Gastroesophageal reflux and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: A long term relationship.

Karthik Gnanapandithan, Joel H Popkin, Ramprakash Devadoss, Kevin Martin

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Article in Respiratory medicine case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF): An Overview.Journal of clinical medicine · 2018
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4 authors.

Karthik GnanapandithanDepartment of Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Joel H PopkinDepartments of Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital and the Reliant Medical Group, Worcester, MA, USA.
Ramprakash DevadossDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, USA.
Kevin MartinPulmonary Division, Saint Vincent Hospital and the Reliant Medical Group, Worcester, MA, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a dreaded disease of uncertain etiology and no available cure. It is still unclear if a causal relationship exists between gastro-esophageal reflux (GER) and IPF, but studies have shown an increased prevalence of acid reflux in patients with IPF. We describe a patient with achalasia and GER who went on to develop IPF. She underwent a rapidly worsening course punctuated by acute exacerbations of IPF, despite best efforts to manage the acid GER. We also reviewed the literature on the role of GER in the etiology and progression of IPF and the impact of antireflux measures on its course.

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Acid refluxFundoplicationGastroesophageal refluxIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisProton pump inhibitorPulmonary fibrosis

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PMID27222783
PMCPMC4821337

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