Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease

Part 1 Biological aspects of gastrointestinal function: development of the gastrointestinal tract; basic aspects of digestion and absorption; bile acids and the enterohepatic circulation; indigenous flora; gastrointestinal motility; immunology and gastrointestinal disease; neurology of the gut; gastrointestinal hormones. Part 2 Clinical signs and symptoms: eating disorders and obesity; regurgitation, vomiting and dysphagia; ascites; caustic ingestion; foreign bodies & bezoars; abdominal pain; diarrhoea; constipation and encopresis; the acute abdomen; abdominal abscess; intestinal obstruction, pseudo-obstruction, and ileus; gastrointestinal bleeding; failure to thrive; abdominal masses; jaundice. Part 3 The esophagus: anatomy and physiology; developmental anomalies; gastroesophageal reflux; esophageal varices; achalasia and other motor disorders. Part 4 The stomach: anatomy and physiology; hypertrophic pyloric stenosis & developmental anomalies; heliobacter pylori; gastritis; ulcers. Part 5 The small and large intestine: anatomy and physiology; developmental abnormalities, malrotation; hernias; abdominal wall defects; maldigestion and malabsorption; bacterial overgrowth; protein losing enteropathy; celia sprue; allergic gastroenteropathy; celiac sprue; allergic gastroenteropathy; eosinophilic gastroenteritis; short bowel syndrome; lymphangiectasia; infectious diarrhoea; intussusception; intestinal pseud-obstruction; parasites; Meckel's diverticulum; pseudomembranous enterocolitis; neoplasms; appendicitus; Hirschsprung's disease; anal rectal malformations; aquired immune deficiency; irritable bowel syndrome; polyps and polypsis syndromes; Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitus; necrotizing enterocolitis; intractable diarrhoea of infancy; other diseases of the small bowel and colon - ischemic bowel disease, radiation enteritis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, etc. Part 6 The pancreas and bile ducts: anatomy and physiology; pancreatic function testing; cystic fibrosis; Schwachmann diamond syndrome; acute pancreatitis; chronic pancreatitis; secretory tumours of the pancreas; abnormalities of the bile ducts; cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. Part 7 Gastrointestinal procedures: intestinal biopsy; upper gastrointestinal endoscopy & colonoscopy and ileoscopy; encoscopic retrograde cholangiography and pancreatography; esophageal, gastroduodenal and rectal motility; breath testing; gastrointestinal imaging; interpretation of mucosal biopsies. Part 8 Nutritional management: the practical use of infant formulas; nutritional assessment (nutritional requirements - protein, fats & carbohydrates); vitamin & trace elements; enteral nutrition; parenteral nutrition; management of diarrhoea.