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Is the Diagnostic Trial with Proton Pump Inhibitors Reasonable for School Age Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux Symptoms?

Authors :
Hyun-Ju Lee
Jae Hong Choi
Hyun Sik Kang
Young Mee Youn
Ju-Yeon Lee
Ki-Soo Kang
Yang Jae-Eun
Jieon Lee
Kyoung Hee Han
Seung Hyo Kim
Yoon-Joo Kim
Source :
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
The Korean Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2019.

Abstract

Purpose On the basis of evidence, we aimed to reevaluate the necessity of the empirical proton pump inhibitor (PPI) trial for children with suspected gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Methods We analyzed the frequency of GERD in 85 school-age children with gastroesophageal reflux (GER) symptoms, who received 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring and/or upper endoscopy. According to the reflux index (RI), the children were classified into normal (RI

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
22348840 and 22348646
Volume :
22
Issue :
6
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1e8db5e9e1cffee0e564f175714012ad