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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Reflux in children |
Author: | Davidson, G. Omari, T. |
Citation: | Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology, 2000; 14(5):839-855 |
Publisher: | Bailliere Tindall |
Issue Date: | 2000 |
ISSN: | 1521-6918 1532-1916 |
Abstract: | Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is an extremely common paediatric problem that often runs a harmless and self-limited course. Physiological GOR however can lead to marked parental anxiety, many unnecessary investigations and often unwarranted and potentially harmful therapeutic interventions. Our ability to better define GOR and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) has improved in the past 15 years with a better understanding of the pathophysiology in infants and children due to the development and wider use of flexible endoscopy, 24-hour oesophageal pH monitoring and, more recently, the use of micromanometric methods for studying oesophageal motility. This will be further enhanced in the future with the development of non-invasive breath testing to study gastrointestinal motility and the use of electrical impedance to study fluid movement. Our therapeutic interventions have also improved particularly in the areas of acid suppression, improved surgical techniques and most recently laparoscopic fundoplication. This chapter reviews these advances in the paediatric area especially with regard to pathophysiology, diagnostic testing and therapeutic intervention. |
Keywords: | Humans Gastroesophageal Reflux Anti-Ulcer Agents Monitoring, Physiologic Prognosis Severity of Illness Index Age Factors Child Child, Preschool Female Male |
DOI: | 10.1053/bega.2000.0128 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/bega.2000.0128 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Paediatrics publications |
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