TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental study of acid burden and acute oesophagitis
AU - Pursnani, K. G.
AU - Mohiuddin, M. A.
AU - Geisinger, K. R.
AU - Weinbaum, G.
AU - Katzka, D. A.
AU - Castell, D. O.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Background: The relationship of the pH of oesophageal refluxate and its pepsin content to injury of oesophageal mucosa remains unclear. A study was made of the earliest morphological alterations in the oesophageal mucosa secondary to varying concentrations of hydrochloric acid with or without pepsin. Methods: Adult cats had varying concentrations of acid with and without 1 per cent porcine pepsin infused into the oesophagus through a paediatric feeding tube placed 5 cm above the oesophagogastric junction at a rate of 1 ml/min for 30 min. At autopsy 24 h later, the oesophagus was removed intact and scored by an expanded modification of a previously published histopathological scoring system. This included estimates of the intensity and distribution of four morphological features: basal cell hyperplasia (BCH), intraepithelial leucocytes (IELs), subepithelial leucocytes and ulcers. Each of these four categories was scored from 0 to 4, with a maximum injury score of 16. Results: Mean (s.e.m.) scores were as follows: pH 1, 15-0(1.0); pH 1 with pepsin, 13-3(1.4); pH 2, 15.3(0.7); pH 2 with pepsin, 11.7(1.1); pH 3, 1.8(1.6); pH 3 with pepsin, 3.7(1.9); pH 4 with or without pepsin, 0.6(0.2). Differences between pH 3 and 4 versus pH 1 and 2 were significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Injury to the oesophagus is more dependent on the pH of refluxate than on the presence of pepsin. Peptic injury appears to occur at a critical threshold of acid burden (pH < 3) as opposed to a graded level of injury based on a pH scale.
AB - Background: The relationship of the pH of oesophageal refluxate and its pepsin content to injury of oesophageal mucosa remains unclear. A study was made of the earliest morphological alterations in the oesophageal mucosa secondary to varying concentrations of hydrochloric acid with or without pepsin. Methods: Adult cats had varying concentrations of acid with and without 1 per cent porcine pepsin infused into the oesophagus through a paediatric feeding tube placed 5 cm above the oesophagogastric junction at a rate of 1 ml/min for 30 min. At autopsy 24 h later, the oesophagus was removed intact and scored by an expanded modification of a previously published histopathological scoring system. This included estimates of the intensity and distribution of four morphological features: basal cell hyperplasia (BCH), intraepithelial leucocytes (IELs), subepithelial leucocytes and ulcers. Each of these four categories was scored from 0 to 4, with a maximum injury score of 16. Results: Mean (s.e.m.) scores were as follows: pH 1, 15-0(1.0); pH 1 with pepsin, 13-3(1.4); pH 2, 15.3(0.7); pH 2 with pepsin, 11.7(1.1); pH 3, 1.8(1.6); pH 3 with pepsin, 3.7(1.9); pH 4 with or without pepsin, 0.6(0.2). Differences between pH 3 and 4 versus pH 1 and 2 were significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Injury to the oesophagus is more dependent on the pH of refluxate than on the presence of pepsin. Peptic injury appears to occur at a critical threshold of acid burden (pH < 3) as opposed to a graded level of injury based on a pH scale.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00687.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00687.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9635821
AN - SCOPUS:0031835682
SN - 0007-1323
VL - 85
SP - 677
EP - 680
JO - British Journal of Surgery
JF - British Journal of Surgery
IS - 5
ER -