Nutritional Management of Regurgitation in Infants
Yvan Vandenplas, MD,
Jere Ziffer Lifshitz, MS,
Susan Orenstein, MD,
Carlos H. Lifschitz, MD,
Ross W. Shepherd, MD,
Pablo R. Casaubón, MD,
William I. Muinos, MD,
Ulysses Fagundes-Neto, MD,
José A. Garcia Aranda, MD,
Myrna Gentles, MD,
José D. Santiago, MD,
Jon Vanderhoof, MD,
Chap-Yung Yeung, FRCP, FRACP,
J. Roberto Moran, MD and
Fima Lifshitz, MD, FACN
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Y.V.), Academisch Ziekenhuis Kinderen, Brussels, BELGIUM
Prime Health Consultants, Inc. (J.Z.L.), Miami, Florida
University of Pittsburgh (S.O.), Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Baylor University (C.H.L.), Childrens Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas
University of Queensland (R.W.S.), Royal Childrens Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Hospital ABC of Mexico (P.R.C.), Mexico City, MEXICO
Miami Childrens Hospital (W.I.M., F.L.), Miami, Florida
Escola Paulista de Medicina (U.F.N.), Departmento de Pediatria-E.P.M., São Paulo, BRAZIL
Instituto Nacional de Salud (J.A.G.A.), Hospital Infantil de Mexico, Mexico City, MEXICO
University of Seville (M.G.), Hospital Virgen Macarena, Seville, SPAIN
Ponce School of Medicine (J.D.S.), Ponce, PUERTO RICO
Ramon Emiterio Betances Hospital, University of Nebraska Medical Center (J.V.), Omaha, Nebraska
University of Hong Kong (C-Y.Y.), Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, CHINA
Mead Johnson Research Center (J.R.M.), Evansville, Indiana

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Fig. 1. The GER Iceberg. Adapted from the American Pseudo-obstruction and Hirschprungs Disease Society (APHS) Pediatric Committee Outreach Program slide kit on GER in infants and children.
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Fig. 3. Effect of Thickened Formula on Emesis.
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Fig. 4. Effect of Thickened Formula on Crying and Sleeping Time.
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