findings of impedance ph-monitoring in patients with atypical gastroesophageal reflux symptoms

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 aim : this study was designed to investigate about findings of impedance ph-monitoring in patients with atypical symptoms of gerd. background : the routine treatment with proton pump inhibitors is not very effective in patients with atypical symptoms of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (gerd). it may be due to non-acid reflux which cannot be monitored using common methods such as ph-metry. therefore, in these patients combinational procedure of multi channel intraluminal impedance and ph monitoring has been suggested as a new approach. patients and methods : sixty patients with atypical symptoms of gerd underwent combined impedance ph-monitoring. ph of reflux episodes, type of material refluxant, blous cleaning time, proximal extension and symptoms association probability (sap) was recorded for each patient. results