Soins de la vie quotidienne dans le traitement du reflux gastro-œsophagien et prévention des fausses routes par régurgitation

The diagnostic and the treatment of the gastrooesophageal reflux are actually well codified. In people with profound neurological disabilities who cannot tell their symptoms, the evaluation of the efficiency of the treatment is difficult. The classic procedures for the medical follow up cannot be forgotten and have to take into account the troubles of the swallowing, the high intra-abdominal pressure in these population and the slow emptying of the stomach that they present. Several aids for the care of the daily living described in this article help the profound neurological disabled people to suffer less from their gastrooesophageal reflux and to avoid severe respiratory complications.