Gastroesophageal reflux (ger) is defined in the most recent clinical practice guidelines as “the passage of gastric contents into the esophagus with or without regurgitation and vomiting” (rosen, vandenplas, et al, 2018, p 521)although the terms are often used interchangeably in clinical practice, ger is differentiated from ger disease (gerd) by the presence of “troublesome symptoms. Pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants. Gerd is a condition that can move acid and other things in your stomach up to the esophagus and sometimes even into or out of the mouth older children and adults get gerd for similar reasons.
pathophysiology of gastroesophageal reflux disease in infants
