Infantile colic: Recognition and treatment

American Family Physician

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 577-582

  Johnson, Jeremy D ^a   Cocker, Katherine ^a   Chang, Elisabeth ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICYCLOVERINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SIMETHICONE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; APNEA; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CONSTIPATION; CRYING; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DROWSINESS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE COLIC; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PARENTHOOD; PARENTING EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REASSURANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); COLIC; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

COLIC; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBIOTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84942918352     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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