Main 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 itself as the definitive reference on this topic.

Contents:

Part I Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1. Microvillus Inclusion Disease and Tufting Enteropathy2. The Spectrum of Autoimmune Enteropathy3. Congenital Problems of the Gastrointestinal Tract4. Pyloric Stenosis5. Gastrointestinal Problems of the Newborn 6. Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Neonates7. Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants8. Infectious Esophagitis 9. Eosinophilic Esophagitis10. Gastroesophageal Reflux11. Esophageal Achalasia12. Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease13. Menetrier Disease14. Viral Diarrhea 15. Bacterial Infections of the Small and Large Intestine16. Intestinal Parasites17. Persistent Diarrhea in Children in Developing Countries 18. HIV and the Intestine19. The Spectrum of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders 20. Disorders of Sucking and Swallowing 21. Defecation Disorders in Children: Constipation and Functional Fecal Incontinence22. Hirschsprung's Disease and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasias23. Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction 24. Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems in Neurologically Impaired Children25. Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome 26. Food Allergy27. Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disorders Beyond Eosinophilic Esophagitis28. Crohn's Disease29. Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified (IBD-U)/Indeterminate Colitis30. Ulcerative Colitis 31. Microscopic Colitis32. Vasculitides Including Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura 33. Lymphonodular Hyperplasia34. Acute Pancreatitis35. Chronic and Hereditary Pancreatitis36. Congenital Disorders of Intestinal Electrolyte Transport37. Congenital Disorders of Lipid Transport38. Immunodeficiency Disorders Resulting in Malabsorption
39. Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency40. Celiac Disease41. Cystic Fibrosis42. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth43. Short Bowel Syndrome44. Malnutrition45. Enteral Nutrition46. Parenteral Nutrition in Infants and Children 47. Intussusception48. Meckel's Diverticulum49. Acute Appendicitis50. Gastrointestinal Vascular Anomalies51. Polyps and Other Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract52. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Children53. Prebiotics in pediatrics54. Probiotics in pediatric gastroenterology55. Postobiotics in pediatrics
Part II Hepatology
56. Normal Liver Anatomy and Introduction to Liver Histology57. Diagnostic Procedures in Pediatric Hepatology58. Infantile Cholestasis: Approach and Diagnostic Algorithm59. Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Malformations60. Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, Caroli's Disease and Other Fibrocystic Liver Diseases61. Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis 62. Alagille Syndrome63. Chronic Viral Hepatitis B and C64. Bacterial, Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Liver65. Liver Disease in Primary Immunodeficiencies66. Autoimmune Liver Disease67. Liver-based Inherited Metabolic Disorders68. Wilson's Disease 69. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease70. Vascular Disorders of the Liver71. Portal Hypertension in Children72. Liver Tumors in Children73. Acute Liver Failure in Children 74. Complications of Cirrhosis in Children75. Nutritional Management of Children with Liver Disease 76. Pediatric Liver Transplantation77. Growing up with Liver Disease78. New Horizons in Pediatric Hepatology: A Glimpse of the Future