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      Esophageal contractions, bolus transit and perception of transit after swallows of liquid and solid boluses in normal subjects Translated title: Contrações esofágicas, trânsito do bolo e percepção do trânsito após deglutições de bolos líquido e sólido em voluntários normais

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          CONTEXT: Esophageal dysphagia is the sensation that the ingested material has a slow transit or blockage in its normal passage to the stomach. It is not always associated with motility or transit alterations. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate in normal volunteers the possibility of perception of bolus transit through the esophagus after swallows of liquid and solid boluses, the differences in esophageal contraction and transit with these boluses, and the association of transit perception with alteration of esophageal contraction and/or transit. METHODS: The investigation included 11 asymptomatic volunteers, 4 men and 7 women aged 19-58 years. The subjects were evaluated in the sitting position. They performed swallows of the same volume of liquid (isotonic drink) and solid (macaroni) boluses in a random order and in duplicate. After each swallow they were asked about the sensation of bolus passage through the esophagus. Contractions and transit were evaluated simultaneously by solid state manometry and impedance. RESULTS: Perception of bolus transit occurred only with the solid bolus. The amplitude and area under the curve of contractions were higher with swallows of the solid bolus than with swallows of the liquid bolus. The difference was more evident in swallows with no perception of transit (n = 12) than in swallows with perception (n = 10). The total bolus transit time was longer for the solid bolus than for the liquid bolus only with swallows followed by no perception of transit. CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the perception of esophageal transit may be the consequence of inadequate adaptation of esophageal transit and contraction to the characteristics of the swallowed bolus.

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          CONTEXTO: Disfagia esofágica é a sensação de que o alimento ingerido tem trânsito lento ou é bloqueado em sua passagem para o estômago. Nem sempre o sintoma é associado com alterações em trânsito ou motilidade. OBJETIVOS: Avaliar, em voluntários normais, a possibilidade de percepção do trânsito através do esôfago de bolo sólido e líquido, as diferenças nas contrações esofágicas e no trânsito pelo esôfago com estes bolos, e a associação entre percepção do trânsito com alterações nas contrações e/ou trânsito. MÉTODOS: Foram estudados 11 voluntários assintomáticos, 4 homens e 7 mulheres com idades entre 19 e 58 anos. Os voluntários foram avaliados na posição sentada. Eles deglutiram, em duplicata, o mesmo volume de bolo sólido (macarrão) e líquido (bebida isotônica). Após cada deglutição foi perguntado sobre sensação da passagem do bolo pelo esôfago. Contrações e trânsito foram avaliados simultaneamente por manometria de estado sólido e impedância. RESULTADOS: Percepção do trânsito ocorreu apenas com o bolo sólido. A amplitude e área sob a curva das contrações foram maiores com a deglutição do bolo sólido do que com a deglutição de bolo líquido. A diferença foi mais evidente nas deglutições em que não houve percepção do trânsito (n = 12) do que nas deglutições com percepção (n = 10). O tempo total de trânsito foi mais longo para o bolo sólido do que para o bolo líquido somente com as deglutições seguidas pela não percepção do trânsito. CONCLUSÃO: Os resultados sugerem que a percepção da passagem do bolo pelo esôfago deve estar relacionada à adaptação inadequada das contrações esofágicas e do trânsito às características do bolo deglutido.

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            Some patients with Chagas' disease and apparent normal esophageal function complain of dysphagia. With the objective of investigating the esophageal motility of these patients we studied the esophageal contraction amplitude, duration, velocity, and lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure of 34 patients with a positive serologic test for Chagas' disease, normal radiologic esophageal examination, peristaltic contractions in the esophageal body, and complete LES relaxation. Fourteen patients complained of dysphagia and 20 had no symptoms. The results were compared with those of 22 healthy controls. We used the manometric method with continuous perfusion. In patients without dysphagia, the LES pressure (17.8 +/- 1.2 mmHg, mean +/- SEM) and distal esophageal amplitude (71.8 +/- 7.9 mmHg) were lower than those of control subjects (24.3 +/- 1.8 mmHg and 100. 4 +/- 10.6 mmHg, respectively). The velocity of peristaltic contractions was higher in patients than in controls, but there was no difference between patients with or without dysphagia. The duration of contraction in the distal esophagus was longer in patients with dysphagia (3.9 +/- 0.2 sec) than in patients without dysphagia (3.1 +/- 0.2 sec) and controls (3.2 +/- 0.2 sec). We conclude that dysphagia in patients with Chagas' disease and a nondilated esophagus with peristaltic contractions and complete LES relaxation is related to a longer duration of contractions in the middle and distal esophageal body.
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              A comparison of esophageal motility in response to bread swallows and water swallows.

              Studies of esophageal manometry during eating have demonstrated abnormal motility in patients with dysphagia in whom standard water-swallow manometry was normal. However, there have been few concurrent motility studies making a direct comparison of food swallows with water swallows. This paper presents the results of such a study in 20 healthy volunteers. A comparison of bread swallows with water swallows revealed that both peristaltic amplitude in the proximal esophagus and peristaltic duration throughout the esophagus were significantly increased (p < 0.05). Peristaltic propagation velocity was significantly decreased in the proximal and mid-esophagus (p < 0.05). Percentages of nonconducted and nonperistaltic contractions were significantly increased (p < 0.05-0.001) during bread-swallow manometry. Therefore, the response of the normal esophagus to food has been shown to be different from its response to water swallows. In particular, the high percentage of nonpropagated swallows in normal subjects when eating indicates that the results of food manometry in patients with dysphagia must include wider limits of normality.
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                Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
                Arq. Gastroenterol.
                Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia - IBEPEGE (São Paulo )
                1678-4219
                December 2012
                : 49
                : 4
                : 250-254
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                [1 ] Universidade de São Paulo Brazil
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                S0004-28032012000400004
                10.1590/S0004-28032012000400004
                23329218
                c554ad5d-fe8e-41ec-8bc8-e459669628da

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

                Gastroenterology & Hepatology
                Deglutition disorders,Esophagus, physiology,Food,Water,Transtornos de deglutição,Esôfago, fisiologia,Alimentos,Água

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