Respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms in esophageal atresia
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Respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms in esophageal atresia
Mastroianni et al. [1] report high prevalence (100%) of respiratory symptoms in their cohort of 19 children who received surgery for esophageal atresia. In contrast with the results of other studies [2], they found gastro-esophageal reflux incidence was low (26,3%). They therefore emphasize anti-reflux therapy could not be effective for treatment of respiratory symptoms in this group of patients.
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عنوان ژورنال: Italian Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1824-7288
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-34-5