Artefacts in 24-h Pharyngeal and Oesophageal pH Monitoring: Is Simplification of pH Data Analysis Feasible?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-19

  Mathus Vliegen, E M H ^a,b   Smit, C F ^a   Devriese, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

24 h pH monitoring; Data analysis; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Gastropharyngeal reflux; Nutrition; Otolaryngology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEST MEAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFACTS; EATING; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHARYNX; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 1242269871     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520310007341     Document Type: Article

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