This document serves as an update of the north american society for pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition (naspghan) and the european society for pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition (espghan) 2009 clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) in infants and children and is intended to be applied in daily. Gastroesophageal reflux pediatric guidelines. In some children, when reflux happens so frequently and is so severe that it causes complications, it is known as pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) an estimated five to eight percent of children have pediatric gerd in babies, reflux is called spit up, and is normal and expected.
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Diaz dm, gibbons te, heiss k et al antireflux surgery outcomes in pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease am j gastroenterol 2005 100:1844-1852 heitlinger la guideline for management of pediatric gastroesophageal reflux jama otolaryngol head neck surg 2018 aug 1 144 (8):755-756. The american academy of pediatrics (aap) has published a guideline on the management of gastroesophageal reflux (ger) in children based on recommendations from the north american and european. Introduction. gastroesophageal reflux (ger), defined as the passage of gastric contents into the esophagus, is a normal physiologic process in healthy infants, children, and adults but may cause distress for caregivers or patients..
