TY - JOUR
T1 - Outpatient Computer-Based 32-Hour Esophageal pH Studies Teletransmitted to a Central Esophageal Laboratory
AU - Falor, William H.
AU - Miller, Joseph
AU - Kraus, Jane
AU - Fannin, Stephen
AU - Taylor, Bruce
AU - Greczanik, Vincent
AU - Steiner, Paul
AU - Crocker, Norman
PY - 1985/9
Y1 - 1985/9
N2 - • Using a computer-based 32-hour esophageal pH system with a small patient-worn digital recording computer, outpatient studies are performed in the physiologic environment of the patient’s workplace and home. Samples are taken at 15-s intervals, and the pH data stored in this computer are then fed into the main computer in the Central Esophageal Laboratory for analysis, scoring, printing out, and storage. Satellite esophageal laboratories located in regional hospitals, clinics, and physicians’ offices conduct pH studies by telecommunication, using antimony electrodes, a recording computer, and a modem to transmit data to the main computer for high-quality computer analysis. One main computer and associated personnel serve multiple satellite stations. This maintains patient-physician relationships and is highly cost-effective.
AB - • Using a computer-based 32-hour esophageal pH system with a small patient-worn digital recording computer, outpatient studies are performed in the physiologic environment of the patient’s workplace and home. Samples are taken at 15-s intervals, and the pH data stored in this computer are then fed into the main computer in the Central Esophageal Laboratory for analysis, scoring, printing out, and storage. Satellite esophageal laboratories located in regional hospitals, clinics, and physicians’ offices conduct pH studies by telecommunication, using antimony electrodes, a recording computer, and a modem to transmit data to the main computer for high-quality computer analysis. One main computer and associated personnel serve multiple satellite stations. This maintains patient-physician relationships and is highly cost-effective.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360090081014
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1985.00360090081014
M3 - Article
C2 - 4026492
AN - SCOPUS:84941817764
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 145
SP - 1617
EP - 1619
JO - Archives of internal medicine
JF - Archives of internal medicine
IS - 9
ER -