Ambulatory pH Monitoring Methodology

@article{Postma2000AmbulatoryPM,
  title={Ambulatory pH Monitoring Methodology},
  author={Gregory N. Postma},
  journal={Annals of Otology, Rhinology \& Laryngology},
  year={2000},
  volume={109},
  pages={10 - 14}
}
  • G. Postma
  • Published 1 October 2000
  • Medicine
  • Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
Twenty-four-hour ambulatory double-probe pH monitoring is the current “gold standard” for the evaluation of gastroesophageal and extraesophageal reflux. The following article seeks to characterize some of the areas of controversy and describes the methodology of ambulatory pH monitoring used at the Center for Voice Disorders of Wake Forest University. 
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Design and Implementation of an Ambulatory pH Monitoring Protocol in Patients with Suspected Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
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Adding a hypopharyngeal sensor to esophageal pH monitoring has been advocated for laryngopharynGEal reflux (LPR), but selecting the proper pH catheter is problematic because esophagal lengths are variable among individuals.
Ambulatory 24‐Hour Double‐Probe pH Monitoring: The Importance of Manometry
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Evaluated the accuracy of DVP for pH probe placement using manometric measurement as the gold standard, and there appears to be no way to accurately position the distal probe.
Pepsin and oropharyngeal pH monitoring to diagnose patients with laryngopharyngeal reflux
The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of salivary pepsin with oropharyngeal pH monitoring using the Restech measurement system (Dx‐pH) for the diagnosis of laryngopharyngeal…
Extraesophageal Reflux: What Is the Best Parameter for pH-Monitoring Data Analysis from the Perspective of Patient Response to Proton Pump Inhibitors?
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Patients with EER diagnosed using AET or RAI will respond to PPI significantly often, and Statistically significant, often positive PPI trials were confirmed in the group identified as having substantial EER using all three types of analysis.
Assessment of respiratory symptoms with dual pH monitoring in patients with gastro‐oesophageal reflux disease
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Investigation of acid reflux in healthy volunteers and patients with GORD with and without respiratory symptoms was investigated by dual pH monitoring.
Monitoring of Laryngopharyngeal Reflux: Influence of Meals and Beverages
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Ambulatory 24-hour double-probe pH monitoring seems to be the best test to measure reflux, but the registration of laryngopharyngeal reflux was severely biased by intake of food and beverages and other artifacts and leaving out meals and beverages did not correct for all artifacts.
Normal values in ambulatory oesophageal pH monitoring at two levels in Spain.
  • F. Azpiroz, J. Baudet, M. J. Soria
  • Medicine
    Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva
  • 2010
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This is the largest series of normal values of proximal oesophageal reflux that confirm the existence of acid reflux at that level in healthy subjects, in small quantity and unrelated to age or gender.
Tetra-probe, 24-hour pH monitoring for laryngopharyngeal reflux: a technique for simultaneous study of hypopharynx, oesophagus and stomach
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Tetra-probe, 24-hour pH monitoring is a reliable functional examination for laryngopharyngeal reflux, enabling gastric acid levels and patterns of reflux to be assessed and to evaluate anti-reflux medication efficacy.
Patterns of laryngopharyngeal and gastroesophageal reflux
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It is valid to use a pH level of 5.0 as indicative of laryngopharyngeal reflux in the hypopharynx, even though there is no consensus on how to interpret the data collected.
Nasal Pepsin Assay and pH Monitoring in Chronic Rhinosinusitis
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The relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) and the diagnostic value of pepsin in nasal lavage was investigated by means of fluorometric assay as compared with 24‐hour dual‐probe pH monitoring.
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