使用多通道内pH阻抗测试对有症状的幼婴进行胃食管逆流的评估:来自单一中心的大型队列研究

Rochelle Sequeira Gomes1, Michael Favara1, Sheeja Abraham2

  • 1Department of Neonatology, Thomas Jefferson University/Nemours, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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概括

多通道内阻抗和pH (MII-pH) 研究有助于鉴定婴儿胃食道逆流病 (GERD) 的特征. 在许多情况下,即使没有频繁或酸性反流事件,反流症的症状也会发生.

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