Timed barium esophagogram in the assessment of patients with achalasia:: Reproducibility and observer variation

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作者
Kostic, S [1 ]
Andersson, M
Hellström, M
Lönroth, H
Lundell, L
机构
[1] Sahlgrenska Univ Hosp, Dept Surg, SE-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden
[2] Sahlgrenska Univ Hosp, Dept Radiol, SE-41345 Gothenburg, Sweden
[3] Karolinska Univ Hosp, Dept Surg, Huddinge, Sweden
关键词
achalasia; esophagus; observer variation; radiography; reproducibility of findings;
D O I
10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00460.x
中图分类号
R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
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摘要
The timed barium esophagogram (TBE) is a further development of the barium swallow, introducing functional and dynamic dimensions to the assessment. The purpose of our study was to assess the day to day variability of TBE parameters when scored in healthy subjects, in untreated and in previously treated patients with confirmed diagnoses of achalasia and to assess the intra- and interobserver agreement. After fasting, the subjects drank 250 mL of low-density barium sulfate suspension. Radiographs of the esophagus were exposed at 1, 2 and 5 min after the start of the barium ingestion. The heights and widths of the barium column and changes in these parameters over time (esophageal emptying) were assessed. Each subject was re-tested after a median time interval of 8 days. Healthy individuals emptied their esophagi effectively and promptly with no significant amount of contrast remaining in the lumen after 2 min. In the achalasia patients all TBE variables differed profoundly compared to the controls. There was an excellent intra- and interobserver agreement for all measured variables. The reproducibility of the static TBE variables from day-to-day was good, but not so for the functional assessment of esophageal emptying, having a correlation coefficient of only 0.50. The usefulness of TBE as a clinical and research tool in achalasia patients requires further evaluation.
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