Digestive Health
The new GI Physiology Lab at Hudson Valley Hospital Center
Patients suffering from Acid Reflux and other gastrointestinal conditions can now be diagnosed more successfully and treated more quickly at Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s new Digestive Health Center GI Physiology Lab.
Using specialized tools, gastroenterologists can view, diagnose and treat conditions of the digestive tract more easily.
Hudson Valley Hospital Center has the most advanced technology available in endoscopic procedures. HVHC uses the Bravo pH Monitoring System, a gold standard method for pH monitoring of gastric reflux. The Bravo uses a capsule that is implanted endoscopically on the esophagus to measure pH levels.
The equipment offers three-dimensional imaging, which makes diagnosis easier and more accurate. Bravo pH Monitoring collects 48 hours of pH data, twice the data of conventional catheter-based tests, increasing the ability to document relationships between atypical and reflux events. The 48 hours of data, allows your physician to evaluate your reflux symptoms and determine the best course of treatment for you. The center also does catheter-based, 24-hour impedance studies, which can detect non-acidic reflux.
The GI physiology lab will be an important component in a comprehensive Digestive Health Center the Hospital plans to open in early 2012.
“I woke up and it was done”
Here is what a patient of gastroenterologist Eric Teitel, MD, Director of the GI Physiology Lab, had to say about his testing experience:
Robert Vitolo had suffered from acid reflux disease for many years. Medications were no longer effective. At Hudson Valley Hospital Center's new GI Physiology Lab, Robert's gastroenterologist Dr. Eric Teitel was able to quickly determine the severity of his disease and whether or not he was a candidate for a minimally invasive procedure that might relieve his pain.
"It took maybe 15 or 20 minutes and there was absolutely no pain,'' said Robert. "I woke up and it was done, and there was no discomfort afterwards. Dr. Teitel was very impressive."
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