The american college of gastroenterology (acg) has updated its guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) to reflect the continuing advances in this area. Gastroesophageal reflux treatment guidelines. The grade system was used to evaluate the strength of the recommendations and the overall level of evidence (1, 2)the level of evidence could range from “high” (implying that further research was unlikely to change the authors’ confidence in the estimate of the effect) to “moderate” (further research would be likely to have an impact on the confidence in the estimate of effect) or.
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Treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) key points: diagnosis history if classic symptoms of heartburn and acid regurgitation dominate a patient’s history, then they can help establish the diagnosis of gerd with sufficiently high specificity, although sensitivity remains low compared to 24hour ph monitoring-. Updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. the practice parameters committee of the american college of gastroenterology. am j gastroenterol 1999;94:1435 .. Aga’s clinical guidelines are evidence-based recommendations to help guide your clinical practice decisions based on rigorous systematic reviews of the medical literature. aga utilizes the grading of recommendations assessment, development and evaluation (grade) system. learn more about grade..