The consensus of the Asociación Mexicana de Gastroenterología on the diagnosis and treatment of gastroesophageal reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants.

Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is a frequent normal phenomenon in children of any age. It is more common in infants, in whom the majority of episodes are short-lived and cause no other symptoms or complications, differentiating it from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The diagnosis and management of GER and GERD continue to be a challenge for the physician.

Congenital mixed hiatal hernia: A case report of an atypical cause of neonatal vomiting.

Congenital mixed hiatal hernia is a disorder that combines features of both sliding and paraoesophageal hernias. The precise incidence of congenital mixed hiatal hernia during the pediatric and neonatal period remains uncertain, making diagnosis challenging within this age cohort. This case presents a 15-day-old female with an 8% postnatal weight loss and apost-feeding vomiting.

[Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) post-renal transplant].

Background: Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, also known as Ogilvie syndrome, is a rare gastrointestinal syndrome in children. It is characterized by a marked dilatation of the colon evidenced by imaging and absence of mechanical obstruction. Patients typically present with abdominal pain and distended, tympanic abdomen, with peristalsis present, accompanied by nausea and vomiting.

[Gastric lavage in healthy term newborns: a randomized controlled trial].

Introduction: Gastric lavage is still used in Mexico and other countries without evidence to support this practice. We performed a randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that elimination of amniotic fluid from the stomach of the newborn reduces nausea and vomiting and improves tolerance on the first feedings of breast or formula milk.

Patients And Methods: A randomized, single-blind, controlled trial was conducted in a rural general hospital in the north of Mexico.