Patience Is a Virtue in the Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 464-465

  Clark, Reese H ^a,b   Spitzer, Alan R ^a  

^a PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

^b GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METOCLOPRAMIDE; RANITIDINE;

APNEA; BRADYCARDIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSTONIA; EDITORIAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; OCULOGYRIC CRISIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TARDIVE DYSKINESIA; VOMITING;

BRADYCARDIA; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; METOCLOPRAMIDE; RANITIDINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 70249126574     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.05.014     Document Type: Editorial

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