Ukuhlolwa kwe-pH Impedance kwamahora angama-24 kuyinqubo yokuxilonga ehlola i-acid kanye ne-non-acid reflux ku-esophagus. Ilinganisa imvamisa kanye nomthamo we-reflux bese inquma ukuthi ibangela izimpawu noma iyalimaza i-esophagus. Ngokuvamile, inqubo isetshenziselwa ukuxilonga isifo se-gastroesophageal reflux (GERD) noma ezinye izifo zomqala.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, kufakwa i-catheter encane enezinzwa ngekhala bese ingena emhubheni ukuze kulinganiswe i-pH kanye nokuvinjelwa kokuqukethwe komphimbo. Iziguli zicelwa ukuba zibhale phansi izimpawu nemisebenzi yazo phakathi nesikhathi sokuhlolwa samahora angama-24. Imiphumela yokuhlolwa iyahlaziywa ukuze kutholakale imvamisa kanye nobukhali be-acid kanye ne-non-acid reflux.
Isikhathi sokululama ngemva kokuhlolwa siyashesha futhi asinzima. Iziguli zingase zizwe ukungakhululeki okuncane noma ukucasuka ekhaleni nasemphinjeni ngesikhathi sokufakwa nokususwa kwe-catheter, futhi zingase zibe nobunzima besikhashana bokugwinya noma ukukhuluma phakathi nesikhathi sokuhlolwa.
UNkk. Mankhushi Mandal waseWest Bengal wenziwe ukuhlolwa kwe-pH impedance amahora angama-24 ukuze ahlole i-acid kanye ne-non-acid reflux ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaDkt. Adi Rakesh Kumar, isazi sezifo zesisu, isazi se-endoscopist kanye nesazi se-endosonologist ezibhedlela zaseYashoda.