Long-term ambulatory gastric pH monitoring: validation of a new method and effect of H2-antagonists
| Autor: | Theodor Gasser, Jean-Pierre Rey, F. Pace, A. L. Blum, André Etienne, T. Cilluffo, Christoph von Ritter, Paolo Caradonna-Moscatelli, Hans W. Bühler, Francesco Sabbatini, Claus J. Fimmel, Peter Bauerfeind |
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| Rok vydání: | 1985 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent In Vitro Techniques Ranitidine Gastroenterology pH meter Drug Administration Schedule Placebos Double-Blind Method Internal medicine medicine Ambulatory Care Ingestion Humans Cimetidine Antrum Monitoring Physiologic Meal Reproducibility Hepatology Chemistry digestive oral and skin physiology Endoscopy Gastric Acidity Determination Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Middle Aged Gastrointestinal Contents Surgery Ambulatory Female Microelectrodes medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Gastroenterology. 88(6) |
| ISSN: | 0016-5085 |
| Popis: | A new ambulatory monitoring system was evaluated for long-term measurements of gastric acidity. A close correlation was observed between values indicated by the pH electrode of the system and the pH of simultaneously aspirated gastric juice, suggesting that the electrode signaled the pH of the gastric fluid content. When the pH electrode was passed via an endoscope, and its bulb was placed against the corpus mucosa, a higher acidity was recorded as compared with gastric juice. To test whether the electrodes measured mucosal pH during ordinary test conditions, the readings of pH probes with mechanically shielded bulbs that did not come into direct contact with the mucosa were compared with those of nonshielded probes in identical positions. Similar results were observed, supporting the hypothesis that nonshielded probes measured the pH of gastric contents rather than that of the mucosa. The importance of a standardized electrode position and a fixed meal schedule was demonstrated in simultaneous recordings of antral and fundic pH. Under fasting conditions, acidity was similar in both regions. After ingestion of a meal, gastric contents were more alkaline in the fundus than in the antrum. A wide range of 24-h acidity (19-83 mmol/L) was detected in 25 healthy subjects. The day-to-day reproducibility of the method as revealed in two consecutive 24-h tests was good. The effect of cimetidine and ranitidine on gastric acidity was evaluated in 9 subjects in a double-blind, double-dummy trial. Mean 24-h H+ activity was 37.4 +/- 4.6 mmol/L under placebo medication. It was lower with cimetidine, two doses of 400 mg (23.8 +/- 4.0); cimetidine, four doses of 400 mg (10.2 +/- 3.0); ranitidine, two doses of 150 mg (10.3 +/- 3.6), and two doses of 300 mg (10.0 +/- 3.5), respectively. In conclusion, ambulatory long-term pH monitoring is a suitable method to assess the physiologic pattern of gastric acidity and the effect of antisecretory drugs. |
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