Temporal relationship between gastroesophageal reflux and rate of gastric emptying in children

Abstract

Objectives There are conflicting reports for the relationship of reflux and the gastric emptying rate In addition, the acquisition period is not well defined for the gastroesophageal reflux studies The aim of our study was to evaluate the temporal distribution of the reflux episodes and to evaluate whether the gastric emptying rate changed with the gastroesophageal reflux time or amount