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- Title
What is the role of high-resolution oesophageal manometry in paediatrics?
- Authors
Omari, Taher I; Krishnan, Usha
- Abstract
Abnormal oesophageal motility may impair oesophageal bolus transport leading to symptoms of chest pain and regurgitation. Oesophageal pathophysiology may include neuromuscular and/or structural defects leading to weak, incoordinate or absent peristalsis and impaired oesophago-gastric junction relaxation. Understanding these mechanisms is important to determine the appropriate course of therapy. Whilst, barium oesophagram is the mainstay for clinical investigation of oesophageal motility, high-resolution manometry is now more widely available. This review describes the potential value of high-resolution manometry in paediatric gastroenterology practise.
- Subjects
PEDIATRIC gastroenterology; PEDIATRICS; CHEST pain; SYMPTOMS; PERISTALSIS
- Publication
Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 2020, Vol 56, Issue 11, p1754
- ISSN
1034-4810
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/jpc.15057