Intratracheal long-term pH monitoring: A new method to evaluate episodes of silent acid aspiration in patients after esophagectomy and gastric pull up

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 599-602

  Kauer, Werner K H ^a   Stein, Hubert J ^a   Bartels, Holger ^a   Siewert, J Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophagectomy; Intratracheal pH; Monitoring; Silent aspiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MONITORING; PH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 0038380601     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(03)00074-X     Document Type: Article

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