Glass and antimony electrodes for oesophageal pH monitoring in distressed infants: How different are they?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1325-1330

  Vandenplas, Yvan ^a   Badriul, Hegar ^a   Verghote, Marc ^b   Hauser, Bruno ^a   Kaufman, Leonard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b CHR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastro oesophageal reflux; Oesophagitis; pH monitoring; pH metry

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY ELECTRODE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLASS ELECTRODE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTIMONY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRODES; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLASS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10344225160     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200412000-00015     Document Type: Article

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