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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
Esophageal acid sensitivity is believed to develop as a result of esophageal acid exposure, contributing factors being gastroesophageal reflux and delayed esophageal acid clearance. The relationship among lower esophageal sphincter pressure, motor functioning of the body of the esophagus, and esophageal acid sensitivity was examined by comparing the results from 912 patients and normal subjects studied with both esophageal manometric and Bernstein acid infusion tests. Positive acid infusions were statistically more closely associated with hypotensive lower esophageal sphincter pressures than with any motor abnormality in the body of the esophagus. Of the several esophageal body motor abnormalities considered, only feeble peristalsis had significantly more positive Bernstein tests than did normal esophageal body motor functioning. The findings from this study demonstrate that hypotensive lower esophageal sphincter pressure is more closely associated with an acid-sensitive esophagus than is impaired esophageal body motor functioning.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0036-5521
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1129-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Lower esophageal sphincter pressure, esophageal body motor functioning, and esophageal acid sensitivity.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept. of Clinical Physiology, HCA Presbyterian Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article