Small Volumes of Feed Can Trigger Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation and Gastroesophageal Reflux in the Right Lateral Position in Infants

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  van Wijk, Michiel P ^a,b   Benninga, Marc A ^a   Davidson, Geoffrey P ^b,d   Haslam, Ross ^c   Omari, Taher I ^b,d  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFUSION RATE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; STOMACH DISTENSION; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 77950627333     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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