Latin American consensus on the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease

DR. JORGE OLMOS – EDITOR OF ACTA MAGAZINE

“GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE IS VERY FREQUENT WORLDWIDE. ITS INCIDENCE IS INCREASING AND, IN RECENT YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN ITS DEFINITION AND CLASSIFICATION.

IN TURN, MANY NEW METHODOLOGIES HAVE APPEARED. THAT’S WHY. THE OBJECTIVE WE PURSUED WITH THIS CONSENSUS WAS TO MAKE AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH OF EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE THE USEFULNESS OF ALL THESE AVAILABLE METHODOLOGIES AT THE LEVEL OF THE DIAGNOSIS OF REFLUX DISEASE.

WE HOLD A MEETING WITH GROUPS OF EXPERTS TO DISCUSS DIFFERENT POINTS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE CONSENSUS. AND TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE LEVELS OF EVIDENCE AND THE STRENGTH OF RECOMMENDATION”