Esophageal Impedance-pH Monitoring and Pharyngeal pH Monitoring in the Diagnosis of Extraesophageal Reflux in Children
Table 1
Correlation between the number of pharyngeal reflux episodes relative to the assumed pH level detected by the Dx-pH sensor and the number of GER episodes identified with MII-pH (proximal and distal) and the pH sensor.
Number of episodes detected by Dx-pH and MII-pH
LPR vs. proximal GER in MII-pH
-0.061485
0.780481
LPR vs. distal acid GER in pH monitoring
-0.182251
0.405236
LPR vs. distal GER in MII-pH
-0.188251
0.389678
LPR vs. proximal GER in MII-pH
-0.112918
0.607964
LPR vs. distal acid GER in pH monitoring
-0.171029
0.435239
LPR vs. distal GER in MII-pH
-0.198517
0.363855
LPR vs. proximal GER in MII-pH
-0.052490
0.811990
LPR vs. distal acid GER in pH monitoring
-0.193745
0.375732
LPR vs. distal GER in MII-pH
-0.164930
0.452029
LPR vs. proximal GER in MII-pH
-0.124503
0.571390
LPR vs. distal acid GER in pH monitoring
-0.071277
0.746559
LPR vs. distal GER in MII-pH
-0.218874
0.315676
LPR upon decrease of relative to baseline vs. proximal GER in MII-pH
-0.201656
0.356162
LPR upon decrease of relative to baseline vs. distal acid GER in pH monitoring
-0.091367
0.678426
LPR upon decrease of relative to baseline vs. distal GER in MII-pH
