[Reflux disease and gastric acid secretion]

Between the patients with peptic oesophagitis (n = 28), typical reflux complaints without oesophagitis (n = 60) and pH-metrically establishable gastrooesophageal reflux (n = 58) as well as adequate control groups on an average no differences were the result for the volume of the gastric secretion estimated by aspiration, the concentration of hydrogen ions in the aspirated gastric juice and the computed secretion function of the stomach under basic and stimulation conditions as well as for the pH-value established in the stomach under fasting conditions by means of a glass electrode which can be swallowed.