The Leuven Consensus

The Leuven Consensus provides a classification scheme for diagnosis of pharyngeal and upper esophageal sphincter (UES) motor disorders using metrics derived by P-HRM-I.

Twenty-six experts with broad multi-disciplinary backgrounds contributed their knowledge and experience to this guideline.

PHRM Working Group - Leuven Sept 2024. 

The Course lessons to follow are designed to go in tandem with the Working Group Publication.

Note: It is strongly recommended that you fully complete Parts 1-3 of this Course before starting this Lesson.

Defining Pharyngeal and Upper Esophageal Sphincter Disorders on High-Resolution Manometry-Impedance: The Leuven Consensus. Omari, T.I., Maclean, J.C.F., Cock, C., McCulloch, T.M., Nativ-Zeltzer, N., O'Rourke, A.K., Szczesniak, M.M., Wu, P.I., Allen, J., Aoyagi, Y., Bayona, H.H.G., Carrión, S., Ciucci, M.R., Davidson, K., Dhar, S.I., Hamdy, S., Howell, R., Jones, C., Knigge, M.A., Moonen, A., Postma, G.N., Puntil-Sheltman, J., Rameau, A., Regan, J., Schar, M. and Rommel, N. (2025). Neurogastroenterology & Motility e70042.