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End-expiratory pressure best approximates intrinsic lower esophageal sphincter pressure. Report of a patient with Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Dig Dis Sci 1990 Feb;35(2):267-70

Date

02/01/1990

Pubmed ID

2406113

DOI

10.1007/BF01536775

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0025122269 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   2 Citations

Abstract

Recent studies have shown that the respiratory oscillation inherent in the station pull-through technique of measuring lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure is the result of active diaphragmatic contraction. A recent study in cats suggested that intrinsic LES tone is best reflected by end-expiratory pressure during spontaneous respiration. This finding is confirmed in a patient we report with achalasia and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia who had Cheyne-Stokes breathing. LES pressure during periods of central apnea approximated end-expiratory pressure during periods of hyperpnea.

Author List

Marshall JB, Berger WL

Author

William L. Berger MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
Esophageal Achalasia
Esophagogastric Junction
Humans
Male
Manometry
Pressure
Respiration
Respiration Disorders