Clinical practice guidelines for esophageal ambulatory reflux monitoring in Chinese adults

Yinglian Xiao; Justin C Y Wu; Ching-Liang Lu; Ping-Huei Tseng; Lin Lin; Xiaohua Hou; Yanqing Li; Duowu Zou; Bin Lv; Xuelian Xiang; Ning Dai; Xiucai Fang; Minhu Chen

doi:10.1111/jgh.15785

Clinical practice guidelines for esophageal ambulatory reflux monitoring in Chinese adults

J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 May;37(5):812-822. doi: 10.1111/jgh.15785. Epub 2022 Feb 21.

Authors

Yinglian Xiao¹, Justin C Y Wu², Ching-Liang Lu^{3

4}, Ping-Huei Tseng⁵, Lin Lin⁶, Xiaohua Hou⁷, Yanqing Li⁸, Duowu Zou⁹, Bin Lv¹⁰, Xuelian Xiang⁷, Ning Dai¹¹, Xiucai Fang¹², Minhu Chen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
² Institute of Digestive Disease, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
³ Endoscopy Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Institute of Brain Science, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Gastroenterology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing, China.
⁷ Department of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
⁸ Department of Gastroenterology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
⁹ Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
¹⁰ Department of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University First Affiliated Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
¹¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
¹² Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.

PMID: 35088472
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.15785

Abstract

Esophageal ambulatory reflux monitoring is the current gold standard for the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). In order to facilitate standardized procedure and improve diagnostic accuracy, clinical guidelines for ambulatory esophageal reflux monitoring were developed based on thorough literature search and working group conference by experts in gastrointestinal motility. Indications, contraindications, methodology, and reporting of ambulatory esophageal reflux monitoring were discussed in these clinical guidelines.

Keywords: esophageal pH monitoring; gastroenterology; gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD); guidelines.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adult
China
Esophageal pH Monitoring / methods
Esophagitis, Peptic*
Gastroesophageal Reflux* / diagnosis
Humans
Manometry / methods
Practice Guidelines as Topic