TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of the PEPTESTTM tool for the diagnosis of GERD in the Emergency Department
AU - Covino, Marcello
AU - Franceschi, Francesco
AU - Ojetti, Veronica
AU - Saviano, Angela
AU - Tersigni, Ilaria
AU - Migneco, Alessio
AU - Piccioni, Andrea
AU - Petruzziello, Carmine
AU - Brigida, Mattia
AU - Saviano, Luisa
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common
gastrointestinal disorders in the general population, with a
prevalence of 8.8%–25.9% in Europe [1].
Many patients affected by GERD refer to the Emergency Department
(ED) reporting an angina-like retrosternal chest pain [2-5].
For an optimal initial management of chest pain [6] in ED, the
Italian Society of Emergency Medicine recommend to perform a
12 lead ECG, serial blood troponin levels, chest X-ray and eventually
a cardiac stress test to exclude acute coronary syndrome
(ACS) [7].
However, only a minority [8] of these patients (15%) does have
an ACS [9], while 85% has a non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) [9,10], in
which GERD ranks first [9].
A recently developed tool, the PEPTESTTM (RD BIOHIT Health-
Care, Milan, Italy), turns out to be useful, safe and cheap for the
diagnosis
AB - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common
gastrointestinal disorders in the general population, with a
prevalence of 8.8%–25.9% in Europe [1].
Many patients affected by GERD refer to the Emergency Department
(ED) reporting an angina-like retrosternal chest pain [2-5].
For an optimal initial management of chest pain [6] in ED, the
Italian Society of Emergency Medicine recommend to perform a
12 lead ECG, serial blood troponin levels, chest X-ray and eventually
a cardiac stress test to exclude acute coronary syndrome
(ACS) [7].
However, only a minority [8] of these patients (15%) does have
an ACS [9], while 85% has a non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) [9,10], in
which GERD ranks first [9].
A recently developed tool, the PEPTESTTM (RD BIOHIT Health-
Care, Milan, Italy), turns out to be useful, safe and cheap for the
diagnosis
KW - N/A
KW - N/A
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/152201
M3 - Article
VL - 2019
SP - 2115
EP - 2116
JO - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - American Journal of Emergency Medicine
SN - 0735-6757
ER -