Radionuclide gastroesophageal reflux scan; an effective screening tool for infants/children with repeated chest infections
Proceedings-Shaikh Zayed Postgraduate Medical Institute. 2010; 24 (1): 25-31
in English
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| ID: emr-198251
ABSTRACT
Objective:
unexplained recurrent chest infections are a cause of failure to thrive in infants and young children. Repeated hospital admissions with respiratory symptoms are an extra economic burden on the health budget along with the morbidity. The aim of this study was to analyze the utility of Nuclear Medicine to screen children with clinically significant gastroesophageal reflux
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Type of study:
Screening study
Language:
English
Journal:
Proceedings-Shaikh Zayed Postgrad. Med. Inst.
Year:
2010
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