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Pre-lung transplant measures of reflux on impedance are superior to pH testing alone in predicting early allograft injury
Author(s) -
Wai–Kit Lo,
Robert Burakoff,
Hilary J. Goldberg,
Natan Feldman,
Walter W. Chan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v21.i30.9111
Subject(s) - medicine , reflux , bolus (digestion) , receiver operating characteristic , transplantation , gastroenterology , lung transplantation , area under the curve , disease
To evaluate pre-lung transplant acid reflux on pH-testing vs corresponding bolus reflux on multichannel intraluminal impedance (MII) to predict early allograft injury.