title: [Methodology and clinical significance of intragastric long-term pH measurement].
abstract: Intragastric long-term pH-metry is a suitable method of assessing gastric acidity under conditions of real life. The pH-metry system consists of three components: pH electrode, solid state recorder, and data analyzing system. Combined glass electrodes are recommended for gastric pH studies. Up to now, there are no generally accepted normal values in gastric pH-metry and thus data analyzing is not uniformly standardized. Intragastric pH-metry is the method of choice for monitoring of antisecretory treatment. This method enables the recognition of non-responders and improves dosing of antisecretory drugs. The prognostic value of gastric pH-metry in the assessment of acid-related diseases, if any, has still to be defined.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, Deutschland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Meran
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manns
mesh_terms: D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*
vernacular_title: Methodik und klinische Bedeutung der intragastralen Langzeit-pH-Metrie.