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- Published on: 2 March 2004
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- Published on: 24 November 2003
- Published on: 2 March 2004Gastric buffering and pH monitoring: Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water just yet!Show More
Dear Editor
Our study shows that the impact on feed buffering on gastric pH is not as great as previously reported and that the relationship between gastric acidity and the acidity of reflux is more complex than previously thought. Nevertheless, it is correct to say that gastric pH buffering and inter-subject variability do interfere with the outcomes of oesophageal pH monitoring, that GOR episodes occur most co...
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None declared. - Published on: 23 January 2004Gastric buffering "blinds" standard oesophageal pH monitoringShow More
Dear Editor
0mari and Davidson [1] present an interesting paper on monitoring oesophageal and gastric pH in infants using a four channel pH probe. Their use of the three gastric electrodes demonstrates that the intra-gastric fluid bolus is not uniform but has a heterogeneous and probably dynamic pH distribution. We had noted short intervals when recorded oesophageal pH fell below the simultaneously recorded gast...
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None declared. - Published on: 24 November 2003Gastric buffering and inter-subject variability remain problems for pH monitoring in neonates.Show More
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We congratulate Omari and Davidson[1] on producing more interesting work on intragastric pH monitoring in preterm infants but feel that their results do not fully support their conclusion. This could have read "although the mid and distal stomach are quicker to re-acidify (time pH <4 58.7% and 55.7% respectively) than the proximal stomach (time pH<4 42.2%), these figures are still low". Perce...
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