Acid reflux (gastroesophageal reflux) occurs when stomach contents enter your esophagus. Up to one in five adults in the U.S.

Changes Clinical Practice: Routine antibiotic prophylaxis used in vesicoureteral reflux patients can be discontinued in children who have had toilet training and do not have urinary tract ...

“Treatment of reflux usually includes anti-acid medications such as proton pump inhibitors (i.e., Nexium, Prilosec) or histamine-2 receptor blockers (i.e., Pepcid),” Khan said. If an infection of ...

Opens in a new tab or window SAN DIEGO -- Antibiotic prophylaxis may help to protect kidneys of kids with vesicoureteral reflux during ... on dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan as one of the ...

Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is a congenital condition ... Their eGFR on average was 27.1 mL/min/1.73 m². However, in the antibiotic prophylaxis group, there was no difference in eGFR changes ...

The original Randomized Intervention for Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux (RIVUR) trial determined that continuous antibiotic prophylaxis ... based on dimercaptosuccinic acid scans.