Twenty-four hour ambulatory simultaneous impedance and pH monitoring: a multicenter report of normal values from 60 healthy volunteers

S Shay, R Tutuian, D Sifrim, M Vela… - Official journal of the …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES Impedance monitoring is a new diagnostic method for gastroesophageal
reflux disease (GERD) where multiple impedance electrode pairs are placed on a standard …

Reproducibility of multichannel intraluminal electrical impedance monitoring of gastroesophageal reflux

AJ Bredenoord, BLAM Weusten, R Timmer… - Official journal of the …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE Esophageal impedance measurement is a novel method for gastroesophageal
reflux monitoring. Reproducibility is an important aspect of every biomedical test. The aim of …

Efficacy of esophageal impedance/pH monitoring in patients with refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease, on and off therapy

JM Pritchett, M Aslam, JC Slaughter, RM Ness… - Clinical …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Intraluminal impedance monitoring has given new dimensions to
the diagnosis of reflux disease. However, there is no defined algorithm for evaluating …

Acid, nonacid, and gas reflux in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease during ambulatory 24-hour pH-impedance recordings

D Sifrim, R Holloway, J Silny, Z Xin, J Tack, A Lerut… - Gastroenterology, 2001 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Gastroesophageal reflux can be acid, nonacid, pure liquid, or a mixture
of gas and liquid. We investigated the prevalence of acid and nonacid reflux and the air …

Combined multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH-metry: a novel technique to improve detection of gastro-oesophageal reflux: literature review

P Zentilin, P Dulbecco, E Savarino, E Giannini… - Digestive and Liver …, 2004 - Elsevier
Ambulatory pH monitoring is currently the best method for detection of gastro-oesophageal
reflux. However, pH electrodes are able to measure only acid reflux, and therefore, non-acid …

Normal values of pharyngeal and esophageal 24-hour pH impedance in individuals on and off therapy and interobserver reproducibility

F Zerbib, S Roman, SB Des Varannes… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Combined pH and impedance monitoring can detect all types of
reflux episodes within the esophageal lumen and the pharynx. We performed a multicenter …

Esophageal-reflux monitoring

JE Pandolfino, MF Vela - Gastrointestinal endoscopy, 2009 - giejournal.org
It is neither practical nor necessary to initiate a diagnostic evaluation of every patient with
symptoms of GERD. Management, by and large, is focused on empiric therapy, with lifestyle …

Combined multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH esophageal testing compared to pH alone for diagnosing both acid and weakly acidic gastroesophageal …

A Hila, A Agrawal, DO Castell - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2007 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Twenty-four–hour multichannel intraluminal impedance and pH (MII-
pH) esophageal monitoring detects reflux episodes at all pH levels, including acid reflux and …

Esophageal acid exposure decreases intraluminal baseline impedance levels

BF Kessing, AJ Bredenoord… - Official journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Intraluminal baseline impedance levels are determined by the conductivity of
the esophageal wall and can be decreased in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) …

Multichannel intraluminal impedance accurately detects fasting, recumbent reflux events and their clearing

SS Shay, S Bomeli, J Richter - American Journal of …, 2002 - journals.physiology.org
Multichannel intraluminal impedance (MII) is a new diagnostic test for gastroesophageal
reflux disease (GERD). The objective of this report is to determine the accuracy of MII in …