Esophageal motility patterns in a Puerto Rican population
P. R. health sci. j
; 13(1): 29-31, mar. 1994.
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| ID: lil-176773
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RESUMO
One hundred consecutive patients underwent esophageal motility testing at the Gastroenterology Section of the University Hospital for symptoms of esophageal dysfunction. These were dysphagia (55), non cardiac chest pain (11), gastroesophageal reflux (32), and other (2). Fifty five studies were abnormal. The most frequent findings were achalasia in fourteen patients and nonspecific esophageal motility disorder in fourteen. When the clinical presentation was correlated with the results of the study, 35 of the 55 patients with dysphagia had an abnormal study, as compared with 5 of 11 with chest pain and only 12 of 32 with reflux symptoms. These findings compare with those reported elsewhere and suggest that esophageal motility studies are most useful in the diagnosis of patients presenting with dysphagia or non cardiac chest pain
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Bases de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Transtornos da Motilidade Esofágica
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Esôfago
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Puerto rico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
P. R. health sci. j
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article