Full Description
Consult the leading text in the field that delivers the information you need to diagnose and treat pediatric gastrointestinal and liver diseases effectively. In one convenient and comprehensive volume, Drs. Robert Wyllie, Jeffrey S. Hyams, and Marsha Kay provide all the latest details on the most effective new therapies, new drugs, and new techniques in the specialty. In addition, the new two-color design throughout helps you find what you need quickly and easily.Full-color endoscopy images to help improve your visual recognitionDefinitive guidance from renowned international contributors who share their knowledge and expertise in this complex field Detailed diagrams that accurately illustrate complex concepts and provide at-a-glance recognition of disease processesMore than 400 board review-style questions, answers, and rationales available in the eBook included with your purchaseNew therapies for hepatitis B and C, new drugs for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, and an expanded discussion of the newest endoscopic and motility techniques available for pediatric patientsThe most current information on diagnosing and treating abnormalities of protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolismNew chapters on pancreatic transplantation and liver pathologyThe latest surgical techniques for children with gastrointestinal conditions
Contents
SECTION 1 BIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION1. Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract2. Basic Aspects of Digestion and Absorption3. Bile Acid Physiology and Alterations in the Enterohepatic Circulation4. Indigenous Flora5. Gastrointestinal Mucosal Immunology and Mechanisms of InflammationSECTION 2 CLINICAL PROBLEMS6. Chronic Abdominal Pain of Childhood and Adolescence7. Approach to the Child with a Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder8. Vomiting and Nausea9. Diarrhea10. Colic and Gastrointestinal Gas11. Functional Constipation and incontinence12. Failure to Thrive/Growth Faltering13. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage14. Obesity15. Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents16. Jaundice17. Ascities18. Caustic Ingestion and Foreign Bodies19. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the EsophagusSECTION 3 THE ESOPHAGUS20. Congenital Malformations of the Esophagus21. Gastroesophageal Reflux22. Achalasia and Other Motor Disorders23. Other Diseases of the EsophagusSECTION 4 THE STOMACH24. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach25. Congenital Anomalies and Surgical Disorders of the Stomach26. Gastritis, Gastropathy, and Ulcer Disease27. Helicobacter Pylori in Childhood28. Gastric Motility Disorders29. BezoarsSECTION 5 THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINES30. Anatomy and Physiology of the Small and Large Intestines31. Maldigestion and Malabsorption32. Protracted Diarrhea33. Protein-Losing Enteropathy34. Celiac Disease35. Short Bowel Syndrome36. Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: An update in the milieu of gut rehabilitation37. Allergic and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease38. Infectious Diarrhea39. Enteric Parasites40. Gastrointestinal manifestations of immunodeficiency41. Pediatric Polyposis Syndromes42. Crohn's Disease43. Ulcerative Colitis in Children and Adolescents44. Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction45. Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis46. Disorders of the Anorectum: Fissures, Fistulas, Prolapse, Hemorrhoids, Tags47. Neoplasms of the Gastrointestinal Tract48. Neoplasms of the Liver49. Other Diseases of the Small Intestine and Colon50. AppendicitisSECTION 6 PEDIATRIC SURGICAL DISORDERS51. Intussusception in Infants and Children52. Inguinal Hernias and Hydroceles53. Meckel's Diverticulum and Other Omphalomesenteric Duct Remnants54. Hirschsprung's Disease55. Imperforate Anus56. Abnormal Rotation and Fixation of the Intestine57. Atresia and Stenosis of the Bowel58. Newborn Abdominal Wall Defects59. Stomas of the Small and Large IntestineSECTION 7 GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES60. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and Related Techniques61. Colonoscopy, Polypectomy, and Related Techniques62. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography 63. Capsule Endoscopy and Small Bowel Enteroscopy64. Gastrointestinal Motility Procedures65. Gastrointestinal PathologySECTION 8 THE LIVER AND BILE DUCTS66. Liver Pathology67. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver and Bile Ducts68. Neonatal Hepatitis69. Biliary Atresia and Neonatal Disorders of the Bile Ducts70. Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease 71. Mitochondrial Hepatopathies: Disorders of Fatty Acid Oxidation and the Respiratory Chain72. Abnormalities of Hepatic Protein Metabolism73. Abnormalities of Carbohydrate Metabolism and the Liver74. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease75. Acute and Chronic Hepatitis76. Portal Hypertnesion77. Liver Failure78. Liver Transplantation in Children79. Diseases of the GallbladderSECTION 9 THE PANCREAS80. Pancreatic Development81. Cystic Fibrosis and Congenital Anomalies of the Exocrine Pancreas82. Pancreatitis83. Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Auotransplantation and Pancreatic Allotransplantation84. Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors85. Infant and Toddler NutritionSECTION 10 NUTRITION86. Nutritional Assessment87. Tubes for Enteric Access88. Parenteral Nutrition89. Enteral Nutrition90. Management of Diarrhea91. Effects of Digestive Diseases on Bone Metabolism92. Nutrition and Feeding for Children with Developmental Disabilities
