Long-term pulmonary function in esophageal atresia-A case-control study.

Background: Esophageal atresia (EA) is a congenital anomaly associated with substantial pulmonary morbidity throughout childhood.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate pulmonary complications among 59 five to 15-year-old children and adolescents with surgically corrected congenital EA.

Methods: Participants underwent a structured interview, spirometry, body plethysmography, mannitol challenge test, skin prick test, as well as measurements of the diffusion capacity, airway resistance, fraction of exhaled NO, and specific immunoglobulin E in serum.

The impact of goitre and its treatment on the trachea, airflow, oesophagus and swallowing function. A systematic review.

In this systematic review, we investigated the effects of goitre and its treatment on the trachea and the oesophagus. A total of 6355 papers were screened in scientific databases, which disclosed 40 original studies (nine descriptive and 31 interventional). Although most studies are hampered by a number of methodological shortcomings, it is uncontested that goitre affects the trachea as well as the oesophagus in a large proportion of people.

Esophageal atresia: gastroesophageal functional follow-up in 5-15 year old children.

Purpose: Esophageal atresia (EA) is one of the most frequent congenital alimentary tract anomalies with a considerable morbidity throughout childhood. This study evaluates the gastroesophageal problems in 5-15 year old children with EA and aims to identify factors predisposing to esophagitis in EA.

Material And Methods: Fifty-nine patients primarily operated at Odense University Hospital, Denmark, during 1993-2005 were included in this follow-up study.

Eosinophilic oesophagitis in infants and children in the region of southern Denmark: a prospective study of prevalence and clinical presentation.

Objective: Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EE) is a clinical entity characterised by a set of symptoms and eosinophilic infiltration of the oesophageal epithelium. Recent reports indicate that EE is increasingly diagnosed in paediatric patients. We aimed to evaluate the epidemiology of paediatric EE in a European population.

Gastroesophageal reflux disease and eosinophilic esophagitis in infants and children. A study of esophageal pH, multiple intraluminal impedance and endoscopic ultrasound.

Objective: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in childhood share aspects of symptomatology. In order to characterize EE and GERD in infants and children with symptoms of GERD we performed a prospective investigation including prolonged esophageal pH measurement, multiple intraluminal impedance (MII) and esophageal wall estimation by endoscopic ultrasound (EUS).

Material And Methods: Infants and children (0-15 years) with typical symptoms of GERD persisting after a 14-days proton pump inhibitor trial were included in a prospective study protocol.