Impedance-pH monitoring for diagnosis of reflux disease: new perspectives

M Frazzoni, N De Bortoli, L Frazzoni, S Tolone… - Digestive diseases and …, 2017 - Springer
Heartburn is the most specific symptom of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In
clinical practice, heartburn relief by a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) trial does suffice to confirm …

[HTML][HTML] Gastroesophageal reflux disease: Update on inflammation and symptom perception

A Altomare, MPL Guarino, S Cocca… - World journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disorder in Western
countries, with a significant impact on quality of life and healthcare costs, the mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] Laparoscopic magnetic sphincter augmentation versus double-dose proton pump inhibitors for management of moderate-to-severe regurgitation in GERD: a …

R Bell, J Lipham, B Louie, V Williams, J Luketich… - Gastrointestinal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and Aims GERD patients frequently complain of regurgitation of gastric
contents. Medical therapy with proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) is frequently ineffective in …

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 …

The gastric accommodation response to meal intake determines the occurrence of transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations and reflux events in patients with …

A Pauwels, E Altan, J Tack - Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Gastro‐esophageal reflux (GER), the retrograde flow of gastric contents into the
esophagus is a physiologic phenomenon, which can evoke symptoms and/or lesions in the …

Refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease as diagnosed by impedance-pH monitoring can be cured by laparoscopic fundoplication

M Frazzoni, M Piccoli, R Conigliaro, R Manta… - Surgical …, 2013 - Springer
Background Some patients with typical (heartburn/regurgitation) symptoms of
gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are refractory to proton pump inhibitor (PPI) …

Addition of pH-impedance monitoring to standard pH monitoring increases the yield of symptom association analysis in infants and children with gastroesophageal …

CM Loots, MA Benninga, GP Davidson, TI Omari - The Journal of pediatrics, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the additional yield of combined multichannel intraluminal pH-
impedance (pH-MII) monitoring compared with standard pH monitoring on …

Prospective assessment of patient selection for antireflux surgery by combined multichannel intraluminal impedance pH monitoring

G Del Genio, S Tolone, F Del Genio, R Aggarwal… - Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
Introduction Selecting gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients for surgery on the
basis of standard 24-h pH monitoring may be challenging, particularly if this investigation …

Current therapies for gastro-oesophageal reflux in the setting of chronic lung disease: state of the art review

MJ McDonnell, EB Hunt, C Ward… - ERJ Open …, 2020 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The inter-relationship between chronic respiratory disease and reflux disease in the airway
reflux paradigm is extremely complex and remains poorly characterised. Reflux disease is …

Twenty-four-hour pH metry alone is inferior to additional impedance monitoring in the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease, particularly in presence of …

UC Ghoshal, SN Biswas, A Elhence, B Fatima… - Indian Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Current gold standard for the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease
(GERD) is 24-hour pH metry though it fails to detect non-acidic reflux. The sensitivity of 24 …