Impact of fundoplication versus gastrojejunal feeding tubes on mortality and in preventing aspiration pneumonia in young children with neurologic impairment who have gastroesophageal reflux disease

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 338-345

  Srivastava, Rajendu ^a,d   Downey, Earl C ^a   O'Gorman, Molly ^a   Feola, Peter ^b   Samore, Matthew ^a   Holubkov, Richard ^a   Mundorff, Michael ^b   James, Brent C ^b   Rosenbaum, Peter ^c   Young, Paul C ^a   Dean, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Children; Fundoplication; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Neurologic impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROJEJUNAL FEEDING TUBE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH TUBE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 59449108142     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-1740     Document Type: Article

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