Walker's Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease

Ronald E. Kleinman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Olivier-Jean Goulet, MD Professor of Pediatrics Rene Descartes University Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital Paris, France.Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, MD, Director, Pediatric Liver Service Professor in Pediatric Hepatology Guy's, King's and St. Thomas School of Medicine King's College, London, UK.Ian R. Sanderson, MSc, MD, Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology Head, Center for Gastroenterology Center for Digestive Disease Blizard Institute of Cell & Molecular Science London, UK.Philip M. Sherman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Dentistry The Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Benjamin L. Shneider, MD, Professor of Pediatrics Director of Pediatric Hepatology Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

SECTION I: MOUTH AND ESOPHAGUS Anatomy, Embryology, and Congenital Anomalies of the Mouth and Esophagus: Jonathan E. Teitelbaum Disorders of the Oral Cavity: Stephen R. Porter, Paul Ashley Disorders of Deglutition: David N. Tuchman Esophageal Motility Normal Motility and Development of the Esophageal Neuroenteric System: Salvatore Cucchiara, Giovanni Di Nardo, and Salvatore Oliva Gastroesophageal Reflux: Collin Rudolph, Eric Hassall Other Esophageal Neuromuscular Disorders: Benjamin D. Gold Esophagitis: Mike Thomson Toxic and Traumatic Injury of the Esophagus: Emmanuel Mas, Anne Breton, Jean-Pierre Olives SECTION II: THE STOMACH AND DUODENUM Anatomy, Embryology, and Congenital Anomalies: Sanne Rosekrans, Nike V.J.A. Buller, Nikhil Thapar, Gijs R. van den Brink Nausea and Vomiting (including Pyloric Stenosis): B. Li, Katja Kovacic Gastritis: Helicobacter pylori and Peptic Ulcer Disease: Marion Rowland, Billy Bourke, Brendan Drumm Acid-Peptic Disease: Frederic Gottrand Other Causes of Gastritis: C. Y. Ooi, D. A. Lemberg, Andrew S. Day Esophageal and Gastric Neoplasms: Robert Riddell, David Schaeffer Development of the Gastric Neuroenteric System Normal Motility and Development of the Gastric Neuroenteric System: Miguel Saps, Carlo Di Lorenzo Motility Disorders: Miguel Saps, Carlo Di Lorenzo SECTION III: THE INTESTINE Anatomy and Embryology: Pascal De Santa Barbara Congenital Anomalies Including Hernias: David Lloyd, Simon Edward Kenny, David Wilkinson Lymphatic Disorders: Pierre Yves Vonder Weid, Decker Butzner Absorption and Digestion Normal Physiology: Jean Pierre Cezard Acute Diarrhea: Stephano Guandalini Persistent and Chronic Diarrhea: Alfredo Guarino, Roberto Berni Cancani Genetically Determined Disaccharidase Deficiency: Hassan Y. Naim, Mahdi Amiri, Klaus-Peter Zimmer Congenital Intestinal Transport Defects: Martin G. Martin, Ernest M. Wright Congenital Enteropathies: Olivier Goulet, Julie Salomon Immune Enteropathies Celiac Disease: Alessio Fasano Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Clies Menard-Katcher, Chris Liacouras, Vincent Mukkada, Glenn Furuta, Marc Rothenberg Allergic Enteropathy: Franco Torrente, Simon Murch Autoimmune Enteropathy and IPEX Syndrome: Frank M. Ruemmele, Nicole Brousse, Olivier Goulet Surgical Disorders Intestinal Obstructions: Brad Warner, Elizabeth Fialkowski Appendicitis: Kevin N. Johnson, Craig Egan, Dennis P. Lund The Pediatric Ostomy: Catherine Cord-Udy Perianal Lesions: Sidney Johnson, Tom Jaksic Microbial Interactions with Gut Epithelium: Nicola L. Jones, Eytan Wine, Seamus Hussey Modulation of the Intestinal Flora Probiotics: David Mack Prebiotics, Symbiotics, and Fermented Products: Glenn Gibson Antimicrobials: Michael R. Millar, Mark Wilks Infections Bacterial Infections, Food and Waterborne Infections: Mitchell Cohen Viral Infections: Dorsey M. Bass Parasitic and Fungal Infections: Michael Farthing, Paul Kelly, Beatrice Amudi Immune and Inflammatory Disorders Immunology Adaptive and Innate: James Chen Immunodeficiency and the Intestine, Including GI Manifestations of Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases: Delane Shingadia, Amel Hassan Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Erika C. Claud, Michael Caplan Cronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease Crohn's Disease: Anne M. Griffiths, Jean-Pierre Hugot Ulcerative and Indeterminate Colitis: Nick Croft Atypical Colitis and Other Inflammatory Disease: Barbara A. Kirschner, Ranjana Gokhale Surgical Aspects: Jacob C. Langer Peritonitis: Ori Rotstein, David Hackam Intestinal Failure Short Bowel Syndrome: Yigal Finkel, John Puntis Intestinal Failure: Associated Liver Disease: Julie E. Bines, Prue Pereira-Fantini Small Intestinal Transplantation: Stuart S. Kaufman Intestinal Tumors Intestinal Polyps and Polyposis: Jean-Francois Mougenot, Sylviane Olschwang, Michel Peuchmaur Other Neoplasms: Kamran Badizadegan, Rhea J. Birusingh Intestinal Motility Normal Motility and Development of the Intestinal Neuroenteric System: Annamaria Staiano, Massimo Martinelli Motility Disorders Idiopathic Constipation: Aliye Uc, Riad Rahhal Hirschsprung Disease: Cheryl Gaiepy, Steven L. Ciciora Other Dysmotilities Including Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction Syndrome: Jaime Belkind-Gerson IBS Including Colic, Gas, and Abdominal Pain: Mark Benninga Gastrointestinal Aspects of Systemic Endocrinopathies: Yaron Avitzur, Karolina Burkhardt Bowel Injury Drug-Induced Bowel Injury: Shinya Ito Radiation-Induced Bowel Injury: Agnes Francois SECTION IV. THE LIVER Anatomy and Embryology: Mark Davenport Physiology Bile Formation and Cholestasis: Saul Karpen Bilirubin Metabolism: Glenn R. Gourley Fibrogenesis and Cirrhosis: Ross W. Shepherd Normal Hepatocyte Function and Mechanisms of Dysfunction: Ira Fox Diagnostic Approaches to Common Pediatric Liver Problems: Etienne Sokal Disorders of the Biliary Tract Disorders of the Intrahepatic Ducts: Ekkhard Sturm Biliary Atresia: Kathleen M. Campbell, Jorge A Bezerra Sclerosing Cholangitis: Dennis Black Choledocal Cysts and Other Biliary Disorders: Philip Rosenthal Infections Viral Infections Hepatitis B Virus: Mei-Wei Chang Hepatitis C Virus: Daniel Leung Other Viral Infections: Jaime Chu, Ronen Arnon Bacterial, Parasitic, and Other Infections: Dinesh Pashankar, Richard A. Shreiber Immune Deficiency and the Liver: Collin Ball, Dino Hadzic Autoimmune Disease: Diego Vergani, Marianne Samyn Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity: Eve A. Roberts Liver Tumors: Milton Finegold, Joel E. Haas Genetic and Metabolic Disorders Genetic Testing in Clinical Practice: Nancy Spinner Carbohydrate Metabolism: Simon Horslen Amino Acid Metabolism: Karen F. Murray, Amy C. Tsai Disorders of Mitochondrial and Fatty Acid Metabolism: Roshni Vara ?1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: David H. Perlmutter Zelleweger Syndrome and Other Disorders of Proximal Metabolism: Steven Steinberg, Gerald V. Raymond, Paul A. Watkins Lysosomal Acid Lypase Deficiencies: Wolman Disease and Cholestyrl Ester Storage Disease: Gregory A. Grebowski, Kevin Bove, Hong Du Wilson Disease: Stuart Tanner Iron Storage Diseases: Peter Whitington, Paul Adams Biliary Transport: Laura Bull, Lee Bass Bile Acid Synthesis Disorders: Ken Setchell, James Heubi Fatty Liver Disease: Valerio Nobili Systemic Conditions Affecting the Liver: Samar Ibrahim, Deborah Freese, Mounif El-Youssef Acute Liver Failure: Sanjay Bansal, Anil Dhawan Treatement of End-Stage Liver Disease: Suzanne McDiarmid Liver Transplantation: Hector Vilca-Melendez Gallbladder Disease: Annemarie Broderick, Brian T. Sweeney SECTION V: THE PANCREAS Congenital Anomalies, Including Embryology, Anatomy, and Physiology: Dominique M. Jan Tumors: Michael Hii, Assad M. Butt Pancreatitis Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis: David C. Whitcomb, Mark E. Lowe Juvenile Tropical Pancreatitis: S. Pitchumoni, Viswanathan Mohan Exocrine Pancreatic Dysfunction Cystic Fibrosis: Michael Wilschanski Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome: Peter R. Durie Other Hereditary and Acquired Pancreatic Disorders: Michael Wilschanski SECTION VI: DIAGNOSIS OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Patient Preparation and General Considerations: Victor L. Fox Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Simon Murch Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Mark A. Gilger, K. Lynette Whitfield Van Buren Ileocolonoscopy and Enteroscopy: Mike Thomson Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Dominique Turck, Laurent Michaud Gastrointestinal Endosonography: Victor L. Fox Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: Claude Liguory, Francois Mougenot, Andrade de Paulo Interventional Endoscopy: Recent Innovations: Mike Thomson Liver Biopsy Interpretation: A.S. Knisely Intestinal Biopsy: Alan David Phillips, Virpi V. Smith Gastrointestinal Manometry: Methodology and Indications: Samuel Nurko Esophageal pH and Impedance Measurement: Yvan Vandenplas, Silvia Salvatore Imaging Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract Disease: Debra Gervais, Michael Gee Cross-Sectional Imaging: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging---Including Abdominal Masses and MRCP: Debra Gervais, Michael Gee Interventional Gastrointestinal Radiography: Debra Gervais, Michael Gee Radionucleotide Diagnosis: Martin Charron, Reza Vali SECTION VII. PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS Gastrointestinal Features of Pediatric Illness Falsification: Paul Hyman, Brenda Bursch Psychological Aspects of Chronic Disease: Steve Shlozman, Suzanne Bender Adherence to Medical Regimens: Eyal Shemesh SECTION VIII: PRINCIPLES OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION Outcomes Research on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures: Jenifer R. Lightdale, Maireade McSweeney Methodology: Statistical Analysis, Test Interpretation, Basic Principles of Screening with Application for Clinical Study: Patricia L. Hibberd, Andrew Cooper Ethics/Regulatory Issues: P. Pearl O'Rourke, Jennifer P. Stevens