Letters
Gastro-oesophageal reflux
Physiological or pathological?
BMJ 2010; 341 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c5155 (Published 22 September 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;341:c5155
- Federico Marchetti, clinical paediatrician1,
- Gianluca Tornese1,
- Alessandro Ventura1
- 1Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Child Health, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, University of Trieste, Via dell’Istria 65/1, 34100 Trieste, Italy
- marchetti{at}burlo.trieste.it
The evidence for using off label drugs in children with gastro-oesophageal reflux is poor.1 However, the first step is to differentiate physiological gastro-oesophageal reflux from pathological gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Many symptoms commonly attributed to the pathological disease (crying, regurgitation, feeding refusal, wheezing) may more appropriately be …
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