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Author: Arasi Thangavelu-Veluswamy, MD, FAAEM, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine, Weill Medical School, Cornell University; Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Passaic General Hospital; Consulting Staff, City of New York Fire Department.

Editor: Bhupinder Anand, MD

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MedscapeReference.com. Gastroesophageal Reflux Imaging

Previous contributing authors and editors: Coauthor(s): Neal J Richmond, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Deputy Medical Director, City of New York Fire Department. Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Anthony Anker, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Department, Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, VA.

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