Esophageal acid exposure in upright and recumbent postures: Roles of lower esophageal sphincter, esophageal contractile and transport function, hiatal hernia, age, sex, and body mass

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1896-1903

  Stacher, Georg ^a,b   Lenglinger, Johannes ^a   Eisler, Margit ^a   Hoffmann, Martha ^a   Goll, Alexandra ^a   Bergmann, Helmar ^a   Stacher Janotta, Giselheid ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Psychophysiologisches Laboratorium   (Austria)

Author keywords

Esophageal acid exposure; Esophageal contractile and transport function; Esophagitis; Hiatal hernia; Lower esophageal sphincter; Posture

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BOLUS INJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751515174     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9309-8     Document Type: Article

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