Full Description
The latest edition of this textbook provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition. The textbook begins with a section on gastroenterology and nutrition that presents the overall scope of issues encountered in children suffering from disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, and/or presenting nutritional issues, as well as current and future prospects on the use of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics. The second section is centered around hepatology, reviewing congenital and acquired disorders of the biliary tract and liver, as well as analyzing available diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and future perspectives.
Written by experts in the field, Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for students, trainees, and clinicians, sure to distinguish itselfas the definitive reference on this topic.
Contents
Gastroenterology and Nutrition.- Microvillus Inclusion Disease and Tufting Enteropathy.- The Spectrum of Autoimmune Enteropathy.- Congenital Problems of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Pyloric Stenosis.- Gastrointestinal Problems of the Newborn.- Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Neonates.- Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants.- Infectious Esophagitis .- Eosinophilic Esophagitis.- Gastroesophageal Reflux.- Esophageal Achalasia.- Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease.- Menetrier Disease.- Viral Diarrhea.- Bacterial Infections of the Small and Large Intestine.- Intestinal Parasites.- Persistent Diarrhea in Children in Developing Countries.- HIV and the Intestine.- The Spectrum of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders.- Disorders of Sucking and Swallowing.- Defecation Disorders in Children: Constipation and Functional Fecal Incontinence.- Hirschsprung's Disease and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasias.- Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction.- Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems in Neurologically Impaired Children.- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome.- Food Allergy.- Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Beyond Eosinophilic Esophagitis.- Crohn's Disease.- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified (IBD-U)/Indeterminate Colitis.- Ulcerative Colitis.- Microscopic Colitis.- Vasculitides Including Henoch-Schönlein Purpura.- Lymphonodular Hyperplasia.- Acute Pancreatitis.- Chronic and Hereditary Pancreatitis.- Congenital Disorders of Intestinal Electrolyte Transport.- Congenital Disorders of Lipid Transport.- Immunodeficiency Disorders Resulting in Malabsorption.- Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency.- Celiac Disease.- Cystic Fibrosis.- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.- Short Bowel Syndrome.- Malnutrition.- Enteral Nutrition.- Parenteral Nutrition in Infants and Children.- Intussusception.- Meckel's Diverticulum.- Acute Appendicitis.- Gastrointestinal Vascular Anomalies.- Polyps and Other Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Children.- Prebiotics in pediatrics.- Probiotics in pediatric gastroenterology.- Postobiotics in pediatrics.- Hepatology.- Normal Liver Anatomy and Introduction to Liver Histology.- Diagnostic Procedures in Pediatric Hepatology.- Infantile Cholestasis: Approach and Diagnostic Algorithm.- Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Malformations.- Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, Caroli's Disease and Other Fibrocystic Liver Diseases.- Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis.- Alagille Syndrome.- Chronic Viral Hepatitis B and C.- Bacterial, Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Liver.- Liver Disease in Primary Immunodeficiencies.- Autoimmune Liver Disease.- Liver-based Inherited Metabolic Disorders.- Wilson's Disease.- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Vascular Disorders of the Liver.- Portal Hypertension in Children.- Liver Tumors in Children.- Acute Liver Failure in Children.- Complications of Cirrhosis in Children.- Nutritional Management of Children with Liver Disease.- Pediatric Liver Transplantation.- Growing up with Liver Disease.- New Horizons in Pediatric Hepatology: A Glimpse of the Future.
