Essential Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

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

Completely updated and revised! A comprehensive yet concise resource for diagnosing and treating the most common gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition issues.

Focusing on disorders that you are the most likely to encounter, Essential Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Second Edition enables you to assess and interpret presenting signs and symptoms and formulate an effective plan for management.

Providing an effective combination of concise text and useful summary features, chapter content is clearly organized into four easily digestible sections:

• Approach to Main Symptoms includes algorithms providing diagnostic and/or therapeutic approach to commonly encountered signs and symptoms
• Main GI Diseases offers series of disorders individually described, including definition, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentations, diagnosis, and treatment
• Less Frequently Encountered GI Diseases describes rare disorders pediatric residents may encounter during their rotation
• Commonly Used Drugs, Tests, and Techniques familiarizes you with frequently used drugs, imaging, and invasive diagnostic techniques, tests, and how they apply to GI disorders

From GI problems in the newborn, infectious diarrhea, and constipation to gastro-esophageal reflux, cystic fibrosis, and celiac disease, Essential Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Second Edition provides everything you need to master all facets of this important subject.

Stefano Guandalini, MD, is emeritus professor of Pediatrics-Gastroenterology, and founder of the Celiac Disease Center at the University of Chicago.

Ankur A. Chugh, MD, is an assistant professor at Medical College of Wisconsin, and medical director of Gastroenterology at Children's Wisconsin.