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All are common symptoms associated with GERD except:

a) Wheezing

b) Lung disease

c) Heart disease

d) Emesis

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Answer c. Symptoms associated with GERD can be nonspecific and include irritability, behavioral discomfort, frequent emesis, grimacing, lung disease, failure to thrive and wheezing. Heart disease is unlikely, although right heart dysfunction may develop due to severe lung disease in select patients.

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This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.

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