Myth: Gastroesophageal reflux is a pathological entity in the preterm infant

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 259-263

  Poets, Christian F ^a   Brockmann, Pablo E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Apnea of prematurity; Lower esophageal sphincter; Regurgitation; Treatment indications

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRADYCARDIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS PH; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LARYNX SPASM; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG LAVAGE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEWBORN APNEA; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREMATURITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH EMPTYING; WHEEZING;

APNEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES;

EID: 79960975756     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2011.05.001     Document Type: Review

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