Abstract:Patients with severe esophagitis had lower distal esophageal contraction amplitude than patients without esophagitis or with moderate esophagitis. There was no effect of aging on esophageal contractions.
“…In contrast, patients without GERD had similar distal esophageal contractile amplitudes in all age brackets. Similarly, Dantas and coworkers have shown a progressive reduction of esophageal wave amplitudes with higher degrees of esophagitis in a clinical study on GERD patients; however, the authors did not find significant differences between patients younger or older than 50 years [13]. All in all, conflicting results have been published in the literature on esophageal contractile amplitudes in younger and older patients.…”
“…In contrast, patients without GERD had similar distal esophageal contractile amplitudes in all age brackets. Similarly, Dantas and coworkers have shown a progressive reduction of esophageal wave amplitudes with higher degrees of esophagitis in a clinical study on GERD patients; however, the authors did not find significant differences between patients younger or older than 50 years [13]. All in all, conflicting results have been published in the literature on esophageal contractile amplitudes in younger and older patients.…”
Autopercepção da saúde, co-morbidades e uso de medicamentos em idosos chagásicos, acompanhados no grupo de estudos em doenças de chagas -GEDOCH -UNICAMP / Rosalía Matera de Angelis Alves.
The use of an ultrathin transnasal endoscope makes possible simultaneous manometry and endoscopic observation of the esophagus. This combination should prove useful in the evaluation of esophageal peristaltic function, such as in the diagnosing of GERD.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.