A computer-assisted technique for long-term gastric pH monitoring.
A computer-assisted technique for prolonged gastric pH monitoring has been developed using a personal computer. Segments of signal from several studies performed in controls and on patients with duodenal ulcers were chosen for comparison between manual and digital pH readings; no significant difference was detected. In clinical practice this system might provide an additional tool in the diagnostic and therapeutic treatment of peptic ulcer disease.
D003201:Computers; D005745:Gastric Acidity Determination; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors