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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2013

Diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux and anti-reflux procedures among Polish children with gastrostomies: a 10-year nationwide analysis.

E Toporowska-Kowalska, B Gębora-Kowalska, W Fendler, K Popińska, A Szlagatys-Sidorkiewicz, U Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk, A Wiernicka, A Borkowska, M Sibilska, S Więcek and 2 more

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Article in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

E Toporowska-KowalskaDepartment of Pediatric Alergology, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
B Gębora-Kowalska
W Fendler
K Popińska
A Szlagatys-Sidorkiewicz
U Grzybowska-Chlebowczyk
A Wiernicka
A Borkowska
M Sibilska
S Więcek
E Hapyn
J Kierkuś
Medical University of Lodz · PLChildren's Memorial Health Institute · PLGdańsk Medical University · PLMedical University of Silesia · PLProvincial Polyclinical Hospital in Toruń · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesTo analyse the approach to diagnose gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and the qualification criteria for anti-reflux (AR) procedures in Polish children fed via gastrostomy between 2000 and 2010. SUBJECTS/

methodsAn electronic questionnaire containing questions on the demographic and clinical data of patients with gastrostomies was distributed to six Polish centres of nutritional therapy. The portion pertaining to GER included data on clinical exponents, diagnostic procedures (pH-metry, pH-impedance, scintigraphy and upper gastrointestinal (GI) series) and AR.

resultsIn total, 348 children (M199/F149; age at gastrostomy 5.78±5.49 years) were included. Data on the diagnosis of GER and the AR criteria were available for 343 and 336 subjects, respectively. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was performed in 258/348 patients (74.1%), while surgery was performed in 80/348 patients (23%). The data from 10/348 (2.9%) cases were unavailable. At least one of the tests for GER was conducted in 177/343 (51.6%) of patients: pH-metry in 74/343 (21.6%), pH-impedance in 17/343 (5.0%), scintigraphy in 60/343 (17.5%) and upper GI series in 102/343 (29.7%). GER was reported in 114/343 cases (33.2%), and fundoplication was performed in 87 children (76.3% of patients with GER). The highest congruence between a positive test result and the decision to perform fundoplication was documented in cases of scintigraphy and upper GI series (P=0.00000 and P=0.00191, respectively). A significant increase in the prevalence of simultaneous gastrostomy and AR was observed over the decade analysed (r=0.8, P=0.009). This study revealed a centre-specific attitude towards the diagnosis of GER and the assessment of qualifications for fundoplication in Polish gastrostomy-fed children.

conclusionsThe unified diagnostic algorithm of GER and the universal qualification criteria for AR procedures need to be defined for gastrostomy-fed children.

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ChildChild, PreschoolEnteral NutritionFundoplicationGastroesophageal RefluxGastroscopyGastrostomyHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationInfantPolandPostoperative ComplicationsPrevalenceRadionuclide ImagingSurveys and Questionnaires

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PMID24065062
PMCPMC3898100
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