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METHODS:  The different types of prolonged reflux monitoring, namely: conventional pHmetry, catheter-free pHmetry and impedance-pHmetry will be briefly described. The new possibilities of evaluation with impedance-pHmetry are emphasized, namely: the study of symptomatic patients in use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs); evaluation of patients with symptoms suggestive of GERD although with normal endoscopy and normal pHmetry, diagnostic elucidation of patients with atypical symptoms or supra-esophageal symptoms, mainly chronic cough, study of patients complaining of belch, differentiating gastric and supra-gastric belching, and the proper work-up before anti-reflux surgery.  RESULTS:  When impedance was associated to pH monitoring, an impressive technological evolution became apparent, when compared to pH monitoring alone. The main advantages of impedance-pHmetry are: the ability to detect all types of reflux: acid, non-acid, liquid, gaseous. In addition, other important measurements can be made: the ability of the esophagus in transporting the bolus, the measurement of basal mucosal impedance and the evaluation of primary peristalsis post reflux.  CONCLUSION:  Impedance-pHmetry is a promising method, with great advantages over conventional pHmetry. The choice between these two types of monitoring should be very judicious. The authors suggest the importance of careful evaluation of each reflux episode by the physician responsible for the examination, necessary for the correct interpretation of the tracings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1590\/s0004-2803.201800000-47","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,10,3]],"date-time":"2018-10-03T16:07:08Z","timestamp":1538582828000},"page":"76-84","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["PROLONGED GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX MONITORING BY IMPEDANCE-PHMETRY: A REVIEW OF THE SUBJECT PONDERED WITH OUR EXPERIENCE WITH 1,200 CASES"],"prefix":"10.1590","volume":"55","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6928-4281","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ary","family":"NASI","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo,  Brazil; Centro M\u00e9dico de Diagn\u00f3stico Fleury,  Brasil"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nat\u00e1lia Sousa 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