Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital report that GERD is a frequent consideration in infants at risk of the life-threatening events chronic lung disease and dysphagia, but the definition of GERD in neonates and its treatment remain controversial. Acid suppressive medications and prokinetics can have harmful side effects.
The study found that 54 percent of reflux events documented by pH-impedance were associated with symptoms and more than 87 percent of the pH-only events were associated with symptoms.
Read the Nationwide Children’s Hospital release on treating neonates with GERD symptoms.
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