Publications by authors named "Lauren M Kelm"
Background: The extent to which gastric acid inhibitors and feedings affect gastric pH in infants is unclear.
Objectives: To compare pH values of gastric aspirates from infants according to use or no use of gastric acid inhibitors and feedings.
Methods: Colorimetric pH tests were used to measure the pH of aspirates from feeding tubes in 54 critically ill infants; 29 of the gastric aspirates were from infants who did not receive acid inhibitors or feedings, 13 were from infants who received acid inhibitors but no feedings, 3 were from infants who received feedings but no acid inhibitors, and 5 were from infants who received both acid inhibitors and feedings.