TY - JOUR
T1 - Aerophagia in adults: a comparison with functional dyspepsia
AU - Chitkara, D. K.
AU - Bredenoord, A. J.
AU - Rucker, M. J.
AU - Talley, N. J.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Aerophagia is a functional upper gastrointestinal disorder that has not previously been well described in a large patient group. To describe the initial evaluation of patients who presented with symptoms of aerophagia at a tertiary medical centre. A computerized search was used to identify all patients who were diagnosed with aerophagia at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester between 1996 and 2003 (n = 79). Individual medical charts were abstracted for information on the demographics, clinical features, co-morbid diagnoses, diagnostic workup and treatment. Information on presenting symptoms was also collected for a group of patients who were classified as having functional dyspepsia for comparison (n = 121). The median duration of symptoms in patients with aerophagia was 24 months. The most common symptoms were belching (56%), abdominal pain (19%), bloating (27%) and abdominal distension (19%). Patients with functional dyspepsia had a higher prevalence of reporting nausea, vomiting, early satiety, weight loss and abdominal pain (all P <0.01, adjusting for age, gender and body mass index). Significantly more patients with aerophagia had anxiety (19%) than those with functional dyspepsia (6%, P <0.01). Individuals with aerophagia experience prolonged upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Initial presenting symptoms appear to be distinctly different from those who have functional dyspepsia
AB - Aerophagia is a functional upper gastrointestinal disorder that has not previously been well described in a large patient group. To describe the initial evaluation of patients who presented with symptoms of aerophagia at a tertiary medical centre. A computerized search was used to identify all patients who were diagnosed with aerophagia at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester between 1996 and 2003 (n = 79). Individual medical charts were abstracted for information on the demographics, clinical features, co-morbid diagnoses, diagnostic workup and treatment. Information on presenting symptoms was also collected for a group of patients who were classified as having functional dyspepsia for comparison (n = 121). The median duration of symptoms in patients with aerophagia was 24 months. The most common symptoms were belching (56%), abdominal pain (19%), bloating (27%) and abdominal distension (19%). Patients with functional dyspepsia had a higher prevalence of reporting nausea, vomiting, early satiety, weight loss and abdominal pain (all P <0.01, adjusting for age, gender and body mass index). Significantly more patients with aerophagia had anxiety (19%) than those with functional dyspepsia (6%, P <0.01). Individuals with aerophagia experience prolonged upper gastrointestinal symptoms. Initial presenting symptoms appear to be distinctly different from those who have functional dyspepsia
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02651.x
DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02651.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 16225495
SN - 0269-2813
VL - 22
SP - 855
EP - 858
JO - Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
JF - Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
IS - 9
ER -