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Development of the GerdQ, a tool for the diagnosis and management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in primary care
Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 10/23/09

Jones R et al. – The GerdQ is a potentially useful tool for family practitioners and other health care professionals in diagnosing and managing GERD without initial specialist referral or endoscopy.

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Prof. R. Jones, 10/27/09

We hope that the GerdQ will prove useful in the diagnosis and management of GERD in primary care settings and, in particular, help to identify sub-optimal treatment and its impact on patients' quality of life. Whether the tool is used in paper form, electronically or simply serves as an educational prompt to clinicians to ask key questions relating to diagnosis and management, GerdQ is a carefully validated instrument which is already increasingly used in routine clinical practice in a number of European countries

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Trends in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease as Measured by the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
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