Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie
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Despite its many advantages, breastfeeding is poorly developed in France: less than 50% of newborns are breastfed, and only 10% of infants continue to be breastfed at 1 month of age. In order to encourage breastfeeding in the French North department (chief town: Lille), a working group has written a document for promoting breastfeeding. ⋯ The nutritional, health, psychological, economic and social advantages of breastfeeding are presented, together with the fact that breastfeeding has to be considered as part of the human rights for mothers and children. The actions to take place to develop breastfeeding are presented.
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Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) is one of the three most common causes of chronic cough in children, along with postnasal drip syndrome and asthma. There may be no gastrointestinal symptoms up to 50-75% of the time. GER plays a causative role in chronic cough, asthma without allergy and posterior laryngitis. ⋯ The length of the treatment is a minimum of 3 months up to the age of walking. Surgical treatment must be reserved for the failure of medical treatment. The benefits of minimally invasive surgery are evident in children with chronic cough, who have a faster recovery with fewer complication than after open surgery.