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Esophageal pH Monitoring (cont.)
Jay W. Marks, MD
Jay W. Marks, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Charles Patrick Davis, MD, PhD
Dr. Charles "Pat" Davis, MD, PhD, is a board certified Emergency Medicine doctor who currently practices as a consultant and staff member for hospitals. He has a PhD in Microbiology (UT at Austin), and the MD (Univ. Texas Medical Branch, Galveston). He is a Clinical Professor (retired) in the Division of Emergency Medicine, UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, and has been the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UT Medical Branch and at UTHSCSA with over 250 publications.
In this Article
- What is esophageal pH monitoring?
- When is esophageal pH monitoring used?
- How is esophageal pH monitoring performed?
- How is esophageal pH monitoring used?
- What are the limitations of esophageal pH monitoring?
- Are there other ways in which pH monitoring can be used?
- What are the side effects of esophageal pH monitoring?
- Are there alternatives to esophageal pH monitoring?
- Find a local Gastroenterologist in your town
Are there alternatives to esophageal pH monitoring?
There are no alternatives for obtaining the information that esophageal pH monitoring provides. Nevertheless, the presence of esophagitis visually at the time of endoscopy strongly suggests the presence of acidic reflux among patients who don't have other likely causes of esophageal pain. This may obviate the need to do a pH monitoring study.
REFERENCE: Medscape.com. Impact of 24-h Esophageal pH Monitoring on the Diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Defining the Gold Standard.
<http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/496963_1>
Last Editorial Review: 5/25/2010
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