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GASTRIC EMPTYING TIME OF A LIQUID OR SEMI-SOLID MEAL WAS EVALUATED IN 477 INFANTS AND CHILDREN REFERRED FOR SUSPICION OF GOR WHO UNDERWENT GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL SCINTISCANNING, PROLONGED PH-METRY, MANOMETRIC EVALUATION OF THE LOWER OESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER (LOS) PRESSURE AND FIBERENDOSCOPY. NO DIFFERENCE IN GK WAS OBSERVED IN CHILDREN LESS THAN 3y REGARDLESS THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF GOR, THE PRESSURE OF THE LOS OR THE PRESENCE OF OESOPHAGITIS. IN CHILDREN OLDER THAN 6y. HOWEVER, GE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED IN THOSE PRESENTING A GOR (COMPARED TO THOSE WITHOUT REFLUX). IN CHILDREN OLDER THAN 3y A SLOWER GE WAS PRESENT IN THOSE WITH A DECREASED LOS PRESSURE (COMPARED TO THOSE WITH HIGHER LOS PRESSURE) AND IN THOSE WITH OVERT OESOPHACITIS (COMPARED TO THOSE WITHOUT OESOPHAGITIS). THIS STUDY SUGGESTS THAT GOR IS A MORE SEVERE DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD THAN IN INFANCY WITH A MORE COMPLEX MOTOR DISORDER AFFECTING NOT ONLY THE LOS FUNCTION BUT THE GASTRIC FUNDUS AS WELL.
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Di Lorenzo, C., Piepsz, A., Ham, H. et al. 53. GASTRIC EMPTYING (GE) IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN WITH GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX (GOR): A 5-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Pediatr Res 22, 105 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198707000-00074
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