Effect of posture on gastro-oesophageal reflux in the newborn.
Open Access
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 57 (7), 555-556
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.57.7.555
Abstract
The effect of posture on gastro-oesophageal reflux was studied by giving 72 orogastric tube feeds to 18 low birthweight babies. Each infant was studied in each of 4 positions: prone, supine, right, and left lateral. Brilliant blue was added to feeds and reflux was determined by staining of a cotton thread opposite the holes in a feeding tube passing from the nose to the distal oesophagus. A comparison of the prone and supine positions showed that significantly less reflux occurred in the prone position.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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