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Esophageal motility study — Intervention Diagram of esophageal motility study in nutcracker esophagus. The disorder shows peristalsis with high pressure esophageal contractions exceeding 180 mmHg and contractile waves with a long duration exceeding 6 seconds … Wikipedia
Esophageal dysphagia — arises from the body of the esophagus, lower esophageal sphincter, or cardia of the stomach. Usually due to mechanical causes or motility problems.cite web |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000415/2453.html |title=Evaluation and Treatment of… … Wikipedia
Manometry — Intervention MeSH D008365 Manometry refers to the evaluation of pressure (usually in a medical context). Forms include: Esophageal motility study Anorectal manometry Rhinomanometry … Wikipedia
manometry — Measurement of the pressure of gases or fluids by means of a manometer. SYN: manoscopy. [see manometer] esophageal m. measurement of intra esophageal pressures at one or more sites by intraluminal pressure sensitive instruments. * * * n.… … Medical dictionary
Achalasia — Classification and external resources A CXR showing achalasia ( arrows point to the outline of the massively dilated esophagus ) ICD 10 K … Wikipedia
Nutcracker esophagus — Classification and external resources ICD 10 K22.4 ICD 9 530.5 … Wikipedia
Gastroesophageal reflux disease — Acid reflux redirects here. Acid reflux may also refer to Laryngopharyngeal reflux. Gastroesophageal reflux disease Classification and external resources ICD 10 K21 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
EM — early memory; ejection murmur; electromagnetic; electron micrograph; electron microscopy, electron microscope; electrophoretic mobility; Embden Meyerhof [pathway]; emergency management; emergency medicine; emmetropia; emotional disorder,… … Medical dictionary
EM — • early memory; • ejection murmur; • electromagnetic; • electron micrograph; • electron microscopy, electron microscope; • electrophoretic mobility; • Embden Meyerhof [pathway]; • emergency management; • emergency medicine; • emmetropia; •… … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Sleepwalking — This article is about the sleep disorder. For other uses, see Sleepwalking (disambiguation) and Sleepwalker (disambiguation). Sleepwalking Classification and external resources … Wikipedia
