- lavage, also
commonly called stomach pumping or
gastric irrigation, is the
process of
cleaning out the
contents of the
stomach using a tube.
Since its first...
- Proton-
pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a
class of
medications that
cause a
profound and
prolonged reduction of
stomach acid production. They do so by irreversibly...
-
Gastritis is the
inflammation of the
lining of the
stomach. It may
occur as a
short episode or may be of a long duration.
There may be no
symptoms but...
- into the
lumen of the
stomach. The pH of
gastric acid is 1.5 to 3.5 in the
human stomach lumen, a
level maintained by the
proton pump H+/K+ ATPase. The parietal...
- the
brand name Protonix,
among others, is a
proton pump inhibitor used for the
treatment of
stomach ulcers, short-term
treatment of
erosive esophagitis...
- acid.
Omeprazole is a
selective and
irreversible proton pump inhibitor. It
suppresses stomach acid
secretion by
specific inhibition of the H+/K+-ATPase...
- The
stomach is a muscular,
hollow organ in the
upper gastrointestinal tract of
humans and many
other animals,
including several invertebrates. The stomach...
-
reflux disease (GORD) is a
chronic upper gastrointestinal disease in
which stomach content persistently and
regularly flows up into the esophagus, resulting...
- alcohol. The next day,
while nursing a
hangover and
having had her
stomach pumped,
Rosie regrets having got
drunk and
tells Alex that she
wishes that...
- and
taking medications to
decrease stomach acid. The
medication used to
decrease acid is
usually either a
proton pump inhibitor (PPI) or an H2 blocker,...