Managing infants who cry excessively in the first few months of life

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7836, 2011, Pages 1265-1269

  Douglas, Pamela ^a,b   Hill, Peter ^b  

^a Clinic for Unsettled Babies   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COLIC; CRYING; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEEDING DISORDER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; MASSAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MILK ALLERGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP TIME;

CRYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 83755184014     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7772     Document Type: Review

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