Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease

SECTION I: 1Postnatal Development Its Relavance to Pediatric Gastroenterology SECTION II: IMPORTANT PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC PROCESSES (CARDINAL MANIFESTATION OF DISEASE) 2Growth Failure and Malnutrition 3Acute Diarrhea 4Chronic Diarrhea (Persistent Diarrhea 5Maldigestion and Malabsorption 6Microbial/Epithelial Interactions 7Inflammation 8Protein Losing Enteropathy 9Vomiting 10Motility Disorders 11Colic and Gas 12Abdominal Pain 13Abdominal Masses 14Gastrointestinal Bleeding 14Hepatic Failure 16Jaundice 17Portal Hypertension and Ascites 17Exocrine Pancreatic Dysfunction SECTION III: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND MANAGEMENT Subsection A - Mouth and Esophagus 19Disorders of the Oral Cavity 20Congenital Anomalies 21Disorder of Deglutition 22Gastroesophageal Reflux 23Esophagitis 24Other Motor Disorders 25Injury of the Esophagus Subsection B - The Stomach and Duodenum 26Congenital Anomalies 27Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease 28Esophageal and Gastric Neoplasm 29Pyloric Stenosis and Other Motor Diseases Subsection C - The Intestine 30Congenital Anomalies 31The "Surgical" Abdomen 32Hernias 33Peritonitis 34Perianal Lesions 35Intestinal Infections 36Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Immunodeficiency 37Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Aids and Other Seconday Immunodeficiencies 38Bacterial Overgrowth 39Short Bowel Syndrome 40The Gut in Malnutrition 41Inflammatory Diseases 42Necrotizing Enterocolitis 43Disaccharidase Deficiencies 44Congenital Transport Defects 45Enteropathy 46Gastrointestinal Injury 47Intestinal Tumors 48Appendicitis 49Hypomotility Disorders 50Secretory Tumors Affecting the Gut 51The Gut in Systemic Endocrinopathies Subsection D - The Liver 52Neonatal Cholestasis 53Disorders of the Biliary Tract 54Disorders of Biliary Transport 55Postnatal Infections of the Liver 56Autoimmune Hepatitis 57Drug-Induced Liver Injury 58Liver Tumors 59Disorders of Bilirubin Metabolism 60Genetic and Metabolic Disorders 61Cholestasis Associated with Parenteral Nutrition Therapy 62Systemic Conditions Affecting the Liver 63Treatment of End Stage Liver Disease 64Liver Transplantation 65Gallbladder Disease Subsection E - The Pancreas 66Tumors 67Pancreatitis 68Exocrine Pancreatic Dysfunction SECTION IV: DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES 69Outcomes Research on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Pediatric Gastroenterology