Acid perfusion test
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acid-perfusion-test-191-234848
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Acid perfusion test
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Acid perfusion test, also called the Bernstein test, is a test done to reproduce the pain when the lower esophagus is irrigated with an acid solution in people with GERD. There will be a negative result in normal people, but a false positive reading may be seen in up to 15% of people. Bernstein test is simple and cheap but mostly obsolete nowadays. Esophageal pH monitoring is the gold standard for GERD. However, the initial management is with proton pump inhibitors. If the patient does not respo
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2022-05-12T23:00:19Z
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