This is a prospective clinical trial conducted on 20 preterm neonates < 37 weeks of gestation, admitted in NICU, maternity hospital, Ain Shams University. They were assessed for gastroesophageal reflux disease and investigated using ph-MII for detection of reflux episodes and they were given Smecta 3gm/day for 7 days at least as a food thickener and then ph-MII repeated to assess the response
study of diagnosis of GERD in neonates by MII-PH with trial of smectite for treatment