48-hour pH monitoring increases the risk of false positive studies when the capsule is prematurely passed

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 638-641

  Iqbal, Atif ^a   Lee, Yong Kwon ^a   Vitamvas, Michelle ^a   Oleynikov, Dmitry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

24 h pH monitoring; Bravo pH monitoring; Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DUODENUM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING; TIME;

ADULT; DUODENUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247613034     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-007-0142-y     Document Type: Article

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