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G. Livoti

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Ultrasonography and gastric emptying: evaluation in infants with gastroesophageal reflux.

1992

We have applied ultrasonography to the evaluation of gastric emptying in children. Two different populations have been investigated: normal children and children with gastroesophageal reflux. All the patients were less than 6 months of age. The diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux was defined by 24-h pH measurement. The technique, used to measure gastric emptying, is the one described by Bolondi et al. In this research we used the simplified method. All children had been submitted to the examination after 4-h fasting. The standard meal was the usual milk formula, 300 ml/m2 body surface area (BSA). A cross-section area of the gastric antrum was determined before a meal and every 15 min for 2…

medicine.medical_specialtyGastric emptyingbusiness.industrydigestive oral and skin physiologySettore MED/20 - Chirurgia Pediatrica E InfantileGastroenterologyRefluxInfantGastroenterologydigestive system diseasesSurgeryGastric EmptyingInternal medicinePediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthNormal childrenINFANTSGATSRIC EMPTYINGULTRASONOGRAPHYmedicineGastroesophageal RefluxPyloric AntrumHumansUltrasonographybusinessUltrasonographyJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
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Esophageal achalasia and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis associated with a phytobezoar in an adolescent.

2002

Esophageal achalasia is an uncommon condition in children. The authors report on a 14-year-old girl who showed a very unusual association of cardiospasm and hypertrophic pyloric stenosis with a gastric phytobezoar.

medicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentAchalasiaGastroenterologyPyloric StenosisBezoarsInternal medicineotorhinolaryngologic diseasesMedicineHumansEsophagusHypertrophic Pyloric Stenosisbusiness.industryEsophageal diseaseCardiospasmGeneral MedicineHypertrophymedicine.diseasePylorusdigestive system diseasesSurgeryEsophageal AchalasiaStenosismedicine.anatomical_structurePediatrics Perinatology and Child HealthPhytobezoarSurgeryFemalebusinessDeglutition DisordersJournal of pediatric surgery
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