NUTRITIONAL MANAGEMENT OF REGURGITATION IN INFANTS

Infantile regurgitation is a frequently occurring problem. Throughout the world, anxious parents are imploring physicians to eliminate their infant's regurgitation. General practitioners, pediatricians and pedi atric gastroenterologists strive to alleviate infantile regurgitation and its related parental stress. In this paper we define the scope of the problem and analyze the optimal, cost-efficient management approac h to simple regurgitation in infants. The intent of this paper is to d isseminate this information to practicing physicians and other health care professionals in an attempt to minimize the impact of this annoyi ng problem of infancy and to eliminate confusion and expensive diagnos tic tests and use of sub-optimal treatment modalities. Parental reassu rance and dietary management by feeding thickened formula are importan t components in managing regurgitation in infants while maintaining op timal nutritional intake for adequate growth and development.