TY - JOUR T1 - Gastro-oesophageal reflux in preterm infants: American Academy of Pediatrics guideline 2018 JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-319375 SP - edpract-2020-319375 AU - Anna Rodgers Y1 - 2020/06/16 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2020/06/16/archdischild-2020-319375.abstract N2 - The American Academy of Pediatrics published a guideline in 2018 on the diagnosis and management of gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) in preterm infants.1 The authors highlight that practices in this field are highly variable across neonatal units,2 which is further exacerbated by a lack of good quality study data. Their recommendations take into consideration emerging safety and efficacy concerns of both non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments for GER in preterm infants.GER is almost universal in preterm infants.Oesophageal mucosa injury is … ER -