Symptoms Upper endoscopy Barium swallow Esophageal manometry Ambulatory pH monitoring Impedance pH monitoringa Radionuclide evaluation of gastric emptyinga aIn selected patients Conflict of Interest The authors have no conflicts of…
P. Marco Fisichella, Nathaniel J. Soper, Carlos A. Pellegrini and Marco G. Patti (eds.)Surgical Management of Benign Esophageal Disorders2014The ”Chicago Approach”10.1007/978-1-4471-5484-6_7 © Springer-Verlag London 2014 7. Head and Neck Manifestations of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease David D. Walker1 and Alexander J. Langerman1 …
Fig. 5.1 Cardiac evaluation and treatment algorithm for noncardiac surgery based on active clinical conditions, known cardiovascular diseases, or cardiac risk factors for patients >50 years (Fleischer et al. [1]….
, is simply a point estimate for the population mean. This will be further discussed in the following section. The median is the middle measurement when all of the measurements…
Fig. 9.1 DSA images of the femoral vein. (a) Immediately before contrast injection, an X-ray “mask” image is obtained. (b) Imaging is performed during injection of contrast into a vessel….
Fig. 2.1 The communicating vessel principle. (a) Noncommunicating hydrostatic columns presenting different heights, which lead to different energy states (column d presents the highest energy value). (b) Communicating columns in…
Fig. 5.1 Sound waves (longitudinal wave) propagate through compression and rarefactions of the medium With respect to ultrasound, the wavelength is an extremely important parameter as the wavelength affects both…
Fig. 16.1 This 68-year-old man presented with gradual onset of massive bilateral lower extremity edema several years after a course of radiation therapy to the abdomen for an ampullary carcinoma….
Fig. 19.1 Inflamed bulbous varices above and below the knee with an acute bout of STP Superficial thrombophlebitis offers an array of presentations. Yet despite the knowledge that has emerged…
Previous terms and eponyms Replaced by newer terms Superficial femoral vein Femoral vein Greater or long saphenous vein Great saphenous vein (GSV) Lesser or short saphenous vein Small saphenous vein…
