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High amplitude contractions in the middle third of the esophagus: a manometric marker of chronic alcoholism?

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dc.creator Grande Posa, Luis
dc.creator Monforte Martínez, Roser
dc.creator Ros Rahola, Emilio
dc.creator Toledo-Pimentel, Victor
dc.creator Estruch Riba, Ramon
dc.creator Lacima Vidal, Gloria
dc.creator Urbano Márquez, A. (Álvaro)
dc.creator Pera Blanco-Morales, Cristóbal
dc.date 2011-07-07T11:33:04Z
dc.date 2011-07-07T11:33:04Z
dc.date 1996
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:27:13Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:27:13Z
dc.identifier 0017-5749
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/18632
dc.identifier 114946
dc.identifier 8707108
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/22091
dc.description BACKGROUND--Oesophageal motor abnormalities have been reported in alcoholism. AIM--To investigate the effects of chronic alcoholism and its withdrawal on oesophageal disease. PATIENTS--23 chronic alcoholic patients (20 men and three women; mean age 43, range 23 to 54). METHODS--Endoscopy, manometry, and 24 hour pH monitoring 7-10 days and six months after ethanol withdrawal. Tests for autonomic and peripheral neuropathy were also performed. Motility and pH tracings were compared with those of age and sex matched control groups: healthy volunteers, nutcracker oesophagus, and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. RESULTS--14 (61%) alcoholic patients had reflux symptoms, and endoscopy with biopsy showed oesophageal inflammation in 10 patients. One patient had an asymptomatic squamous cell carcinoma. Oesophageal motility studies in the alcoholic patients showed that peristaltic amplitude in the middle third was > 150 mm Hg (95th percentile (P95) of healthy controls) in 13 (57%), the ratio lower/ middle amplitude was < 0.9 in 15 (65%) (> 0.9 in all control groups), and the lower oesophageal sphincter was hypertensive (> 23.4 mm Hg, P95 of healthy controls) in 13 (57%). All three abnormalities were present in five (22%). Abnormal reflux (per cent reflux time > 2.9, P95 of healthy controls) was shown in 12 (52%) alcoholic patients, and was unrelated to peristaltic dysfunction. Subclinical neuropathy in 10 patients did not effect oesophageal abnormalities. Oesophageal motility abnormalities persisted at six months in six patients with ongoing alcoholism, whereas they reverted towards normal in 13 who remained abstinent; reflux, however, was unaffected. CONCLUSIONS--Oesophageal peristaltic dysfunction and reflux are frequent in alcoholism. High amplitude contractions in the middle third of the oesophagus seem to be a marker of excessive alcohol consumption, and tend to improve with abstinence.
dc.format 8 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher BMJ Group
dc.relation Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.38.5.655
dc.relation Gut, 1996, vol. 38, num. 5, p. 655-662
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gut.38.5.655
dc.rights (c) BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology, 1996
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina)
dc.subject Alcohol
dc.subject Efectes fisiològics
dc.subject Esòfag
dc.subject Alcohol
dc.subject Physiological effect
dc.subject Esophagus
dc.title High amplitude contractions in the middle third of the esophagus: a manometric marker of chronic alcoholism?
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