| Review article: methods of measuring gastric acid secretion. | |
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PMID: 21261669 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background Gastric acid has an important pathophysiological role in human beings. Numerous methods have been evaluated over the years in an attempt to measure gastric acid and stomach acidity, to study the role of gastric acid in gastrointestinal diseases in humans and to evaluate the effects of acid suppressing drugs. Aim To review methods that have been used to measure gastric acid and gastric acidity. Methods Searches of the electronic databases PUBMED, MEDLINE and EMBASE, were performed with articles restricted to English language and human subjects. References were also identified from the bibliographies of selected articles. Results Methods for measuring gastric acid include both invasive and non-invasive techniques. Invasive tests include the conventional gastric acid aspiration tests, gastric pH measurement techniques and endoscopic methods. Non-invasive methods use urinary analysis, breath analysis, serum pepsinogens assay, scintigraphic techniques, impedence tomography and alkaline tide for measurement of gastric acid. Conclusions Several methods of measuring gastric acid exist. Invasive tube tests are uncomfortable and time consuming, whereas most of the non-invasive methods are at best semiquantitative and useful in detecting low or absent acid secretion. Further attempts to explore new methods for measuring gastric acid are therefore warranted. |
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T Ghosh; D I Lewis; A T R Axon; S M Everett |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-1-24 |
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Title: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics Volume: - ISSN: 1365-2036 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-1-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8707234 Medline TA: Aliment Pharmacol Ther Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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Department of Gastroenterology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK. Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. |
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