PubMed · 5156435
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H Steinitz. 1971-06-05. [Meteorism and flatulence].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/5156435/
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Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) techniques have proven useful in treating patients with respiratory insufficiency of various etiologies. The problems most frequently associated with this ventilatory technique are the appearance of nasal and oropharyngeal dryness, pressure sores where the nasal mask touches the skin, ocular irritation due to air leakage and epistaxis. Aerophagia appears in up to half the patients with NIV and may lead to discontinuing treatment. Drugs that accelerate gastrointestinal transit, changes in the respirator settings or changing the ventilatory modality may help to ameliorate the problem. When the symptoms arising from abdominal distension due to NIV are intense and persistent, the coexistence of an underlying abdominal pathology must be ruled out. We report the cases of two patients with these characteristics in whom gastroscopy revealed gastric carcinoma. We think that patients with persistent symptoms of aerophagia that cannot be controlled by the usual measures should undergo endoscopic exploration to rule out silent gastric disease.
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