Lack of correlation between a self-administered subjective GERD questionnaire and pathologic GERD diagnosed by 24-h esophageal pH monitoring

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-436

  Chan, Kevin ^a   Liu, Geoffrey ^a   Miller, Linda ^b   Ma, Clement ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Schlachta, Christopher M ^c   Darling, Gail ^b  

^a Princess Margaret Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DeMeester score; Distal time percent; Esophageal 24 h pH test; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Risk score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77950517061     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-009-1137-7     Document Type: Article

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