Essential Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Second Edition

Stefano Guandalini, MD Director, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology University of Chicago Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics University of Chicago School of Medicine Chicago, IL Dr. Guandalini directs the pediatric GI division for a large academic medical center and is one of the best-known pediatric GI specialists in the world. He is immediate past president of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology. He has published innumerable original research articles in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and has been published in the academically rigorous and highly selective Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Approach to Main Symptoms

Vomiting

Diarrhea

Constipation

Abdominal Pain

Upper GI Bleeding

Lower GI Bleeding

Failure to Thrive

Jaundice

Main GI Diseases

GI problems in the Newborn

Pyloric stenosis

Short bowel syndrome

Gastro-esophageal reflux

Eosinophilic Disorders (Esophagitis,gastro-enteropathies)

Infectious Diarrhea

Constipation

Food allergies and intolerance (FPIES, etc.)

H. pylori and Peptic-ulcer disease

Acute and chronic pancreatitis

Cystic Fibrosis

Celiac Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn’s disease,ulcerative colitis)

Functional GI disorders with abdominal pain

Intussusception

Appendicitis

Liver disorders, including Hepatitis, NAFLD, andindications for liver transplant

Less Frequently Encountered GI Diseases

Microvillous inclusion disease

Glucose-Galactose Malabsorption

Sucrase-Isomaltase deficiency

Disorders of electrolyte transport (CongenitalNa-losing diarrhea, Chloridorrhea)

Hirschsprung disease

Autoimmune enteropathy

Menetrier disease

Vasculitides

Polyps and other tumors of the GI tract

 

Commonly used drugs, tests, and techniques

Drugs commonly used in pediatric GI: indications anddosages

Endoscopy and video-capsule

Imaging techniques

Enteral and parenteral nutrition

Tests commonly employed in pediatric GI and how tointerpret them