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Gastro‐oesophageal reflux in pregnancy at term and after delivery
Author(s) -
VANNER R. G.,
GOODMAN N. W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb09096.x
Subject(s) - medicine , reflux , pregnancy , term (time) , obstetrics , disease , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , genetics
Summary Gastro‐oesophageal reflux during a 40‐minute reflux provocation test was assessed by lower oesophageal pH monitoring in 25 pregnant women at term, and again on about the second day after delivery. At term 17 women refluxed a total of 29 times; after delivery five women refluxed once each. There was a significant decrease in gastro‐oesophageal reflux by the second day after delivery ( p < 0.05). Gastro‐oesophageal reflux is, however, only one of the factors that predisposes to acid aspiration pneumonitis.