Evaluation of Gastroesophageal Reflux by Combined Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance and pH Monitoring and Esophageal Motility Patterns in Children with Esophageal Atresia

Conclusions MII-pH testing allowed increased detection of nonacid reflux events in EA patients, which would have been missed with standard pH monitoring alone. NARI was the only reflux parameter which was significantly higher in the EA cohort compared with the control group with suspected GERD. Majority (72%) of symptoms in EA patients were not temporally related to RBM in MII-pH testing. DBI was significantly lower in EA patients compared with controls. Esophageal motility by HREM was abnormal in all EA patients.[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text
Source: European Journal of Pediatric Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research