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By
Charles Lightdale, MD
Philip Katz, MD, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
Included in series
The Clinics: Internal Medicine,
Description
This issue reviews the various techniques and uses of esophageal function testing, including the Bernstein Test, Esophageal Acid Perfusion
Test, Esophageal Acidity Test, Esophageal Function Studies, Esophageal Manometry, and Esophageal pH Monitoring. These tests are often
used to help determine the cause of frequent heartburn or trouble swallowing and to determine whether chest pain is being caused by a
problem with the esophagus.
Contents
1. Overview (Katz)
2. Manometry: Technical Issues (Gideon)
3. Impedance: General Principles and Technical Issues (Castell)
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pH Monitoring: Technical Aspects (Katz)
5. Catheter Based pH Monitoring: Use in Evaluation of GERD Symptoms/On-Off Therapy (DeVault)
6.
Prolonged pH Monitoring: BRAVO Capsule (Kahrilas)
7. Evaluation of Esophageal Function /pH in Endoscopic Therapy for GERD (Johnson)
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Twenty-Four Hour pH Monitoring in Extraesophageal Disease (Vaezi)
9. Evaluation of Esophagael Function in Antireflux Surgery (Peters)
10.
Reflux Monitoring: Role of MII/pH (Castell)
11. Manometry: Role in Clinical Practice (Katzka)12. Esophageal Function Testing: Role
of Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance (Castell)
13. Radiologic Evaluation of the Esophagus (Summerton)
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 240 pages, publication date: MAR-2005
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2691-4
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2691-6
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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