title: Thickened feedings as a cause of increased coughing when used as therapy for gastroesophageal reflux in infants.
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Orenstein
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Shalaby
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Putnam
mesh_terms: D003371:Cough / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005764:Gastroesophageal Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012275:Oryza