Heartburn and acid regurgitation are symptoms that are a common cause for presentation to the primary care physician’s office. If there are no other complaints, however, an endoscopy can usually be dispensed with at first. Rather, probationary PPI treatment should be relied upon. Only if there is no improvement with this pharmacotherapy do further measures come into play.
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Autoren
- Leoni Burggraf
Publikation
- HAUSARZT PRAXIS
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