HRM Consensus Group

Welcome!

Dear Members and Visitors,

Please be aware that this website will close at the end of May 2012.

The proceedings of the HRM Working Group meeting in Ascona, including case studies and other content, will be transferred to the OLGa: Online Learning in Gastroenterology, a leader in medical web-based education that will host this information and make it available to the widest possible group of practitioners.

For those of you who would like to hear more and gain hands on experience the HRM Working Group will be running a "Advances in Oesophageal Measurement" satellite conference ahead of the DDW May 2012 and, hopefully, ahead of the Joint International NGM Meeting in Bologna September 2012. Tickets are available through your HRM manufacturer.

Thank-you very much for your support, in particular, participation with the inter-observer agreement studies. Before we close, please feel free to browse and download from the library and take a (final) chance to test your skills on the disorder classification.

Yours, Mark Fox

Chair, HRM Working Group

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 01 February 2012 16:23 )

Objectives

The findings of conventional oesophageal manometry as categorized by current classification systems fail to provide a definitive diagnosis or explain the causes of symptoms in the majority of patients referred for investigation.

High resolution manometry (HRM) provides detailed and functionally relevant information about oesophageal motility and function. This information has provided new insights into the physiologic basis of oesophageal function in health and disease.

The HRM Consensus Group was founded to work towards a classification system that:

Defines oesophageal dysmotility in terms of its objective effects on function
Provides a clear explanation of oesophageal symptoms
Identifies abnormal oesophageal motor activity and function that is amenable to specific treatment

This website allows researchers and clinicians working with HRM to get involved with this process. Registered members can take part in on-line studies and upload interesting cases that challenge the existing classification scheme. Active members will be invited to join meetings of the Consensus Group to review study findings, discuss the issues and, we hope, reach consensus on a classification system that both reflects the pathophysiology of oesophageal disease and guides effective clinical management.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 October 2011 07:19 )

HRM Consensus Group

Welcome!

Objectives

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