The aim: Of the study was to establish the most frequent clinical symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) disease in children.
Material and methods: 214 children aged from 4 months to 15 years with symptoms suggested GER. The medical documentation of children was analyzed with regard to results of clinical symptoms and 24-hour pH-monitoring.
Results: The most frequent symptom in newborn was spitting, in children aged 1-3 was vomiting, in children aged 4-15 was stomach pain. Amongst children to 3 years recurrent bronchitis was frequent co-existent disease, in older children duodenitis or/and gastritis. Based on positive result of 24-hour pH-monitoring gastroesophageal disease was diagnosed in 184 (86%) patients. Preliminary diagnosis of GER based on the medical interview with high percentage of positive results of 24-hour pH-monitoring. The introduced results prove the medical interview to be still significant part of GER diagnosis.