Sessions

Session 42

Thursday, September 3
2:00 – 4:00 pm

Room: Van Dongen       

Between GERD and NERD, weekly acidic reflux    

     
Chairs: Frank Zerbib (France) – Daniel Sifrim (UK)           
Discussant: Michio Hongo (Japan)

• What are the current definitions of NERD, Functional Heartburn and reflux hypersensitivity?     
  Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
• Can we distinguish functional heartburn from reflux hypersensitivity and NERD in the clinic?
  Ram Dickman (Israel)
• Is there any evidence of NERD, functional heartburn and reflux hypersensitivity in children?             Samuel Nurko (USA)
• Do we need impedance to differentiate different GERD phenotypes? Sutep Gonlachanvit (Thailand)    
• What is the pathological role of weakly acidic reflux in refractory symptoms?
  Frank Zerbib (France)
• What is the role of impairment of mucosal integrity in Functional heartburn, NERD and reflux hypersensitivity? Jerzy Sarosiek (USA)
• What is the role of histopathological changes for exclusion of Functional heartburn?
  Edoardo Savarino (Italy)
• How important is aerophagia and air/liquid reflux in pathophysiology and treatment of NERD? 
  Daniel Sifrim (UK)
• Are patients with NERD really responding less well to PPI treatment? Frank Zerbib (France)
• Is there any efficient medical treatment to reduce weakly acidic reflux? Varocha Mahachai (Thailand)
• Are we ready to treat weekly acidic reflux with surgery? Roger P. Tatum (USA)
• Is anti-reflux surgery indicated in NERD, reflux hypersensitivity and functional heartburn?
  C. Prakash Gyawali (USA)