Web seminar Ambulatory Reflux Studies (Impedance-pH)

Speaker

Dr. Amine Hila is a Clinical Assistant Professor with Upstate Medical School, SUNY at their Binghamton clinical campus and staff gastro-enterologist at United Health Services Hospitals.

Goal

After the completion of this training module, participants shall be able to:

• Understand and explain the fundamental physical principles of pH-impedance based monitoring devices
• Understand the indications for pH-impedance testing
• Understand when studies should be performed on versus off proton pump inhibitors
• Identify protocols to be followed in calibrating the pH-impedance probe and in setting up a study
• Analyze clinical 24-hr Impedance-pH studies
• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of symptom-reflux correlation

Highlights

The highlights of this training module are:

• A thorough background of the clinical need for 24-hr Impedance-pH monitoring shall be discussed
• Uncommon referral sources, including ENT and cardiology referrals, shall be discussed
• Several examples of acidic, weakly acidic and non-acid reflux, consistent with the Montreal definition, will be described and their clinical relevance shall be discussed
• A clinical study shall be analyzed to describe the important features of the analysis software
• The importance of properly interpreting the symptom-reflux relationship shall be discussed and examples provided
• New methods of data visualization, like color contour plots of impedance, shall be discussed 

Target audience

Physicians, Nurses, Nurse practitioners, Physicians assistants and other health care professionals.

Dates & Time (Orange : succesfully completed)

Wednesday September 14, 2011 7 pm - 9 pm EDT Impedance-pH - Dr. Hila Tuesday October 25, 2011 7 pm - 9 pm EDT Impedance-pH - Dr. Hila Tuesday November 29, 2011 7 pm - 9 pm EDT Impedance-pH - Dr. Hila

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