{"title":"AKT question relating to management of dysphagia","authors":"Yasser Abdel Kerim","doi":"10.1177/17557380231198351p","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Single Best Answer A 68-year-old patient presents with a several months’ history of difficulty swallowing, regurgitation of undigested food and halitosis. He has no red flag symptoms. What is the SINGLE MOST appropriate management option? Select ONE option only. A. Barium swallow B. Gastroscopy C. Helicobacter pylori stool antigen D. Trial of a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) E. Urgent fast track referral to the ear, nose and throat surgeons","PeriodicalId":92790,"journal":{"name":"InnovAiT","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"InnovAiT","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/17557380231198351p","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Single Best Answer A 68-year-old patient presents with a several months’ history of difficulty swallowing, regurgitation of undigested food and halitosis. He has no red flag symptoms. What is the SINGLE MOST appropriate management option? Select ONE option only. A. Barium swallow B. Gastroscopy C. Helicobacter pylori stool antigen D. Trial of a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) E. Urgent fast track referral to the ear, nose and throat surgeons