Con: Impedance-pH testing does not commonly alter management of GERD

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2667-2669

  Richter, Joel E ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; ESOPHAGITIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PH TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; REVIEW; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72049118854     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.501     Document Type: Review

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