Reduction of abdominal pressure in patients with ascites reduces gastroesophageal reflux

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-82

  Navarro Rodriguez, T ^a   Hashimoto, C L ^a   Carrilho, F J ^a   Strauss, E ^b   Laudanna, A A ^a   Moraes Filho, Joaquim Prado P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL HELIÓPOLIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

24 h pH metry; Ascites; Esophageal manometry; Gastroenterology reflux

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; PARACENTESIS; PH MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABDOMEN; ASCITES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIVER DISEASES; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PARACENTESIS; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0042466539     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2003.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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