Assessment of upper esophageal sphincter function on high-resolution manometry: identification of predictors of globus symptoms

• Published in: Journal of clinical gastroenterology Vol. 49; no. 2; p. 95
• Main Authors: Peng, Lihua, Patel, Amit, Kushnir, Vladimir, Gyawali, C Prakash
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Area Under Curve; Deglutition; Deglutition Disorders - diagnosis; Deglutition Disorders - etiology; Deglutition Disorders - physiopathology; Esophageal Sphincter, Upper - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Manometry - methods; Middle Aged; Motor Activity; Multivariate Analysis; Muscle Contraction; Muscle, Smooth - physiopathology; Predictive Value of Tests; Pressure; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; ROC Curve

Globus is commonly encountered in clinical practice, but high-resolution manometry (HRM) characteristics are incompletely characterized. We evaluated HRM metrics in globus subjects, compared with age-matched and sex-matched dysphagia subjects and healthy controls. Twenty-four subjects with globus (5...