Effect of Body Position Changes on Postprandial Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastric Emptying in the Healthy Premature Neonate

van Wijk, Michiel P.; Benninga, Marc A.; Dent, John; Lontis, Ros; Goodchild, Louise; McCall, Lisa M.; Haslam, Ross; Davidson, Geoffrey P.; Omari, Taher

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.06.015

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Volume 151, Issue 6 , Pages 585-590.e2, December 2007

Effect of Body Position Changes on Postprandial Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastric Emptying in the Healthy Premature Neonate

Michiel P. van Wijk, MD
- Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Reprint requests: Michiel van Wijk, Academic Medical Centre, Endoscopy Department, Room C2-312, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marc A. Benninga, MD, PhD
- Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Emma Children’s Hospital/Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
John Dent, BChir, PhD, FRACP, FRCP
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
Ros Lontis, RN
- Neonatal Unit, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
Louise Goodchild, RN
- Neonatal Unit, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
Lisa M. McCall, RN
- Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
Ross Haslam, MB BS, FRACP
- Neonatal Unit, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
Geoffrey P. Davidson, MB BS, MD, FRACP
- Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
- Adelaide University Department of Paediatrics, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
Taher Omari, BSc, PhD
- Centre for Paediatric and Adolescent Gastroenterology, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia
- Adelaide University Department of Paediatrics, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services, North Adelaide, Australia

Received 16 January 2007; received in revised form 13 April 2007; accepted 7 June 2007. published online 08 October 2007.

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Michiel van Wijk was supported by the Ter Meulen Fund (from the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), the Dutch Digestive Diseases Foundation, and Astra Zeneca. Taher Omari is a member of the advisory board for Sandhill Scientific. Sandhill Scientific had no role in the conception and preparation of this article.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00568-9

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.06.015

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