Including solid swallows as part of high-resolution manometry testing for patients with dysphagia or reflux symptoms can improve the diagnostic yield of the procedure, new research suggests (Minerva Gastroenterol 2022 Apr 7. doi:10.23736/S2724-5985.22.03180-1).
In a retrospective study, investigators said that after seeing findings from solid swallows, they revised 43% of the diagnoses they would have made with liquid swallows alone.
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