PRINCIPLES OF COMBINED ESOPHAGEAL IMPEDANCE-PH MONITORING IN CHILDREN: INDICATIONS, BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS

• मुख्य लेखकों: Mihai-Mirel Stoicescu (लेखक), Felicia Galos (लेखक), Mihai Munteanu (लेखक), Simina Visan (लेखक), Coriolan Ulmeanu (लेखक), Mihaela Balgradean (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Amaltea Medical Publishing House, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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The standard test for suspected gastroesophageal refl ux is pH monitoring. However, the majority of gastroesophageal refl ux episodes in infants and children are nonacidic (pH > 4) and extraesophageal symptoms apparently can be caused by both acidic (pH < 4) and nonacidic reflux. In order to o...