Proximal Esophageal pH Monitoring: Improved Definition of Normal Values and Determination of a Composite pH Score

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-350

  Ayazi, Shahin ^a   Hagen, Jeffrey A ^a   Zehetner, Joerg ^a   Oezcelik, Arzu ^a   Abate, Emmanuele ^a   Kohn, Geoffrey P ^a   Sohn, Helen J ^a   Lipham, John C ^a   DeMeester, Steven R ^a   DeMeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CATHETER; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 77249105969     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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