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==Overview== | |||
Patients with [[heartburn]] usually appear discomfortable, but the symptoms are commonly mild and frequent. | |||
Occasionally the patients may appear [[Ill feeling|ill]] due to the [[pain]] in a emergency department setting. Common physical examination may include [[hoarseness]] of voice, [[laryngitis]], [[otitis media]], and [[Wheeze|lung wheezes]]. | |||
==Physical Examination== | |||
===Appearance of the patient=== | |||
* Patients with [[heartburn]] usually appear uncomfortable due to the retrosternal [[pain]]. | |||
=== Vital signs === | |||
* [[Hypertension]] spicking specially in patients already with pre-existing hypertension, due to the pain.<ref name="pmid28961574">{{cite journal| author=Li ZT, Ji F, Han XW, Wang L, Yue YQ, Wang ZG| title=The Role of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Provoking High Blood Pressure Episodes in Patients With Hypertension. | journal=J Clin Gastroenterol | year= 2017 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=28961574 | doi=10.1097/MCG.0000000000000933 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28961574 }}</ref> | |||
===HEENT=== | |||
* [[Hoarseness]] of voice | |||
* [[Laryngitis]] | |||
* [[Otitis media]] | |||
* [[Erosion (dental)|Dental erosions]] | |||
===Lungs=== | |||
* [[Wheeze|Wheezes]] | |||
* [[Bronchitis]] <ref name="pmid23452632">{{cite journal| author=Hom C, Vaezi MF| title=Extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease. | journal=Gastroenterol Clin North Am | year= 2013 | volume= 42 | issue= 1 | pages= 71-91 | pmid=23452632 | doi=10.1016/j.gtc.2012.11.004 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23452632 }}</ref> | |||
=== Abdomen === | |||
* [[Epigastric]] [[tenderness]], which may be severe and sometimes be mistaken with [[acute coronary syndrome]] or other causes of [[acute abdomen]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: José Eduardo Riceto Loyola Junior, M.D.[2] Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [3]
Overview
Patients with heartburn usually appear discomfortable, but the symptoms are commonly mild and frequent. Occasionally the patients may appear ill due to the pain in a emergency department setting. Common physical examination may include hoarseness of voice, laryngitis, otitis media, and lung wheezes.
Physical Examination
Appearance of the patient
Vital signs
- Hypertension spicking specially in patients already with pre-existing hypertension, due to the pain.[1]
HEENT
- Hoarseness of voice
- Laryngitis
- Otitis media
- Dental erosions
Lungs
Abdomen
- Epigastric tenderness, which may be severe and sometimes be mistaken with acute coronary syndrome or other causes of acute abdomen.
References
- ↑ Li ZT, Ji F, Han XW, Wang L, Yue YQ, Wang ZG (2017). "The Role of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Provoking High Blood Pressure Episodes in Patients With Hypertension". J Clin Gastroenterol. doi:10.1097/MCG.0000000000000933. PMID 28961574.
- ↑ Hom C, Vaezi MF (2013). "Extraesophageal manifestations of gastroesophageal reflux disease". Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 42 (1): 71–91. doi:10.1016/j.gtc.2012.11.004. PMID 23452632.