Effect of Bed Head Elevation During Sleep in Symptomatic Patients of Nocturnal Gastroesophageal Reflux

Bashir Ahmad Khan; Jaswinder Singh Sodhi; Showkat Ali Zargar; Gul Javid; Ghulam Nabi Yattoo; Altaf Shah; Ghulam Mohamad Gulzar; Mushtaq Ahmad Khan

Disclosures

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2012;27(6):1078-1082.

Table 1. Effect of bed head elevation in patients of nocturnal (supine) reflux
Parameters	Day 1 (without bed head elevation)	Day 7 (with bed head elevation)	P-value
Supine reflux time %	15.0 (8.4)	13.7 (7.2)	0.001
Acid clearance time (min)	3.8 (2.0)	3.0 (1.6)	0.001
Refluxes 5 min longer	3.3 (2.2)	1.0 (1.2)	0.001

Values given as mean (SD).

Table 2. Effect of bed head elevation on severity of symptoms
	Day 1	Day 7
	Heartburn n (%)	Heartburn n (%)
None	0 (0.0)	1 (5.0)
Mild	0 (0.0)	7 (35.0)
Moderate	14 (70.0)	12 (60.0)
Moderately severe	5 (25.0)	0 (0.0)
Severe	1 (5.0)	0 (0.0)

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