“…As a result of the MII-pH device recording simultaneously in at least 6 different esophageal sites, it provides the ability to identify and characterize the bolus-events of GER, their length of time, approximate extension and their association with any symptom [9].…”
Background: Esophageal pH monitoring in conjunction with multichannel intraluminal impedance (MII-pH) is now considered the most accurate method for detection and characterization of gastro-esophageal reflux (GER), with higher sensitivity and specificity in detecting reflux than esophageal pH monitoring alone.
“…As a result of the MII-pH device recording simultaneously in at least 6 different esophageal sites, it provides the ability to identify and characterize the bolus-events of GER, their length of time, approximate extension and their association with any symptom [9].…”
Background: Esophageal pH monitoring in conjunction with multichannel intraluminal impedance (MII-pH) is now considered the most accurate method for detection and characterization of gastro-esophageal reflux (GER), with higher sensitivity and specificity in detecting reflux than esophageal pH monitoring alone.
“…[10]. Between 2004-2008 PPI prescriptions for newborns less than 1 month of age rose more than 2 fold from 0.07% to 0.17%-from a data base of 5000 which represents on average 0.13% of babies born [11]. This incidence equates to the lower range of the incidence of PS.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In 2011 the FDA legalized intra-venous esomeprazole for new-borns This is likely to further increase PPI usage. The duration of therapy is not defined [11,12]. Vomiting or regurgitating infants will be unlikely to have escaped this treatment.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Babies with PS also suffer from GERD with occasionally produces erosive acid induced reflux oesophagitis. It is of interest to also observe that in only 10% of pediatric patients is the diagnosis of GORD confirmed [11]. What are we to make of this juxtaposition of decline in the incidence of PS and the rise in PPI prescriptions in the neonatal period?…”
There is mounting evidence that the inheritance of Primary Hyperacidity coupled with the normal developmental increase of acid production at around 3 weeks of age, produces sufficient peak hyperacidity to trigger repeated contractions of the pyloric sphincter and work hypertrophy. Since this peak acidity is temporary and naturally resolves, any stimulus which reduces acidity even temporarily during these critical 3-4 weeks would theoretically lead to a long term cure and reduce the incidence of PS. During the last 3 decades PPI drugs have been increasingly used in modern pediatric practice in the Western world.In new-borns less than 1/12 of age PPI prescriptions have more than doubled between 2004 and 2008. usually for an alleged diagnosis of GERD. During the last 2 decades there has been a significant, unusual and uniform decline in the incidence of PS in the western world. The demographics of the decline give no support to the proposal that the back to sleep campaign for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the explanation. It is here asserted that the falling incidence of PS is caused by PPI induced loss of acidity at a critical time in the evolution of the disease process.
“…In the battery of tests were pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) studies conducted in part to establish appropriate doses. Results from studies of various available PPIs in infants aged \1 year, including preterm infants and neonates, are currently being reported [14][15][16][17][18], and some efficacy studies have also been reported [19,20].…”
In neonates, preterm infants, and infants aged 1 through 11 months, pantoprazole (high dose) improved pH-metry parameters after ≥5 consecutive daily doses, and was generally well tolerated for ≤6 weeks.
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