Dustin Carlson

This session provides a deeper understanding of how and when to use our current state of the art tools for physiology testing. Audience members will appreciate the nuances of esophageal motility reading, when to order which pH test for reflux symptoms…

This session provides a deeper understanding of how and when to use our current state of the art tools for physiology testing. Audience members will appreciate the nuances of esophageal motility reading, when to order which pH test for reflux symptoms…

BACKGROUND: Video analysis has emerged as a potentially strategy for performance assessment of specialized techniques where local expertise and mentorship are limited…

Background: Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE) is one of the most predominant causes of chronic esophageal symptoms in children. Pathological changes of the esophageal epithelium in EoE are characterized by basal cell hyperplasia (BCH), infiltration of eosinophils and elevated levels of cytokines (e.g…

Concomitant esophageal dysmotility can be present in up to 2/3 of patients with EoE and GERD. Esophageal dysmotility contribute to symptoms in these patients and can be a reason for a suboptimal response to therapy…

BACKGROUND: Novel treatment options for eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) are needed. Previous studies have assessed mepolizumab (mepo), a monoclonal antibody against IL-5, with mixed results in EoE, and the efficacy of mepo in an adult and adolescent population has yet to be fully examined…

Dysphagia and chest pain are the common symptoms in achalasia. The mechanisms underlying such symptoms are not completely understood. The two symptoms can be triggered by mechanical stimulation via the sensory vagal and spinal afferent nerve fibers…

BACKGROUND: The Lyon Consensus 2.0 identifies physiologic, borderline and pathologic reflux burden from acid exposure time (AET), reflux episodes (RE), and mean nocturnal baseline impedance (MNBI)…

The objective measurement for esophageal bolus volume will classify abnormal high-resolution manometry (HRM) beyond the current Chicago classification…

BACKGROUND: A scheme for classifying esophageal motility using Functional Lumen Imaging Probe (FLIP) Panometry that paralleled high-resolution manometry (HRM) was previously developed and described in a study of 722 subjects…

New diagnostic and treatment approaches to esophageal motor disorders…