Incidence, morbidity and mortality of patients with achalasia in England: findings from a study of nationwide hospital and primary care data.
Philip R HarveyTom ThomasJoht S ChandanJemma MyttonBen CouplandNeeraj BhalaFelicity EvisonPrashant PatelKrishnarajah NirantharakumarNigel J TrudgillPublished in: Gut (2018)
The incidence of achalasia is 1.99 per 100 000 population in secondary care data and 1.53 per 100 000 person-years in primary care data. Subjects with achalasia have an increased incidence of oesophageal cancer, aspiration pneumonia, lower respiratory tract infections and higher mortality. Clinicians treating patients with achalasia should be made aware of these associated morbidities and its increased mortality.
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