Sodium Alginate (Gaviscon®) does not reduce apnoeas related to gastro-oesophageal reflux in preterm infants

Early Human Development

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 775-778

  Corvaglia, Luigi ^a,b   Spizzichino, Monica ^a   Zama, Daniele ^a   Aceti, Arianna ^a   Mariani, Elisa ^a   Legnani, Elena ^a   Faldella, Giacomo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apnoea of prematurity; Gastro oesophageal reflux; PH impedance monitoring; Polysomnography; Sodium alginate

Indexed keywords

GAVISCON;

ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN APNEA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PREMATURITY;

ALGINATES; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; APNEA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; SILICIC ACID; SODIUM BICARBONATE;

EID: 81455154589     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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