Feed thickener for infants up to six months of age with gastro-oesophageal reflux.

CONCLUSIONS: Gastro-oesophageal reflux is a physiological self resolving phenomenon in infants that does not necessarily require any treatment. However, we found moderate-certainty evidence that feed thickeners should be considered if regurgitation symptoms persist in term bottle-fed infants. The reduction of two episodes of regurgitation per day is likely to be of clinical significance to caregivers. Due to the limited information available, we were unable to assess the use of feed thickeners in infants who are breastfeeding or preterm nor could we conclude which type of feed thickener is superior. PMID: 29207214 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29207214?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - December 5, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kwok TC, Ojha S, Dorling J Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research