Dependability of Esophageal pH‐Monitoring Data in Infants on Cutoff LimitsThe Oscillatory Index
作者:
Y.,
Vandenplas R.,
Lepoudre R.,
期刊:
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
(OVID Available online 1990)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 3
页码: 304-309
ISSN:0277-2116
年代: 1990
出版商: OVID
关键词: Gastroesophageal reflux;pH monitoring;Oscillatory index
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
The cutoff limit for pathologic gastroesophageal reflux (GER) has been arbitrary, although generally accepted determined at pH 4.00. The influence of a small pH error (0.25 pH units above or below pH 4.00) was analyzed in 173 consecutive pH monitorings. This appeared to cause a misinterpretation of the data in 51 of 173 infants (29%). We propose the introduction of a new parameter measuring the percent of time of the total investigation that the recorded pH varies between 4.25 and 3.75: the “oscillatory index” (OI). The index ranged from 0–42%. The higher the OI, the more pH data that are recorded between pH 4.25 and 3.75. The OI is related to the arbitrary aspects of a boundary level. The Pearson correlation coefficient between the percent of time of the investigation the pH was
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