The clinical utility of esophageal manometry

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 809-815

  Lacy, Brian E ^a   Paquette, Lisa ^a   Robertson, Douglas J ^c   Kelley Jr , Maurice L ^a   Weiss, Julia E ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Chest pain; Diffuse esophageal spasm; Dysphagia; Esophageal manometry; Esophagus; GERD; Manometry; Noncardiac chest pain; Nutcracker esophagus

Indexed keywords

BETHANECHOL; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG USE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH AMPLITUDE PERISTALTIC ESOPHAGEAL CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER HYPERTENSION; LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PATIENT CARE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCLERODERMA; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER SPASM;

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CHEST PAIN; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349677371     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31818ddbd5     Document Type: Article

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