Thickened feedings as a cause of increased coughing when used as therapy for gastroesophageal reflux in infants. |
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| Authors: | S R Orenstein T M Shalaby P E Putnam |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania. |
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| Abstract: | To determine whether thickening of infant formula feedings with rice cereal increases coughing, we studied 25 infants from birth to 6 months of age, referred for evaluation of gastroesophageal reflux. Coughing was blindly quantified after each of a pair of isocaloric meals (one thickened and one unthickened). Coughing was more frequent after thickened feedings than after unthickened feedings. |
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