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This textbook provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition. The first part of the book, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, presents in a systematic way the overall scope of issues encountered by children (newborn to teenagers) suffering from disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and/or presenting nutritional issues. These chapters are structured in logical sections to facilitate consultation and include major topics ranging from congenital disorders to gastrointestinal problems of the newborn, infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, and approach to nutritional problems in the various pediatric ages. The second part of the book, Hepatology, is articulated in a series of chapters which present a comprehensive review of congenital and acquired disorders of the biliary tract and liver. This section also includes a critical analysis of available diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and future perspectives.

Written by experts in the field, Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide to Practice constitutes a much needed, innovative resource combining updated, reliable and comprehensive information with agile consultation for a streamlined approach to the care of children with such disorders.

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Provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition

Includes over 300 illustration, color photographs and tables

Written by world-renown experts in the field

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This textbook provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of the major issues specific to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition. The first part of the book, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, presents in a systematic way the overall scope of issues encountered by children (newborn to teenagers) suffering from disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and/or presenting nutritional issues. These chapters are structured in logical sections to facilitate consultation and include major topics ranging from congenital disorders to gastrointestinal problems of the newborn, infectious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, and approach to nutritional problems in the various pediatric ages. The second part of the book, Hepatology, is articulated in a series of chapters which present a comprehensive review of congenital and acquired disorders of the biliary tract and liver. This section also includes a critical analysis of available diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and future perspectives. 
 
Written by experts in the field, Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: A Comprehensive Guide to Practice constitutes a much needed, innovative resource combining updated, reliable and comprehensive information with agile consultation for a streamlined approach to the care of children with such disorders.

Contents:

Part 1 Gastroenterology and Nutrition

I. Congenital Disorders

Chapter 1: Microvillus Inclusion Disease and Tufting Enteropathy
Agostino Nocerino and Stefano Guandalini

Chapter 2: The Spectrum of Autoimmune Enteropathy
Natalia Nedelkopoulou, Evangelia Farmaki, Maesha Deheragoda and Babu Vadamalayan

Chapter 3: Congenital Problems of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Nigel J. Hall

Chapter 4: Pyloric Stenosis
Shailee Sheth and Ashish P. Desai

II. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Nutrition in the Neonatal Age

Chapter 5: Gastrointestinal Problems of the Newborn
Christophe Dupont, Nicolas Kalach and Véronique Rousseau

Chapter 6 Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Neonates
Gianluca Terrin, Thibault Senterre, Jacques Rigo and Mario De Curtis

Chapter 7: Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants
Thibault Senterre, Gianluca Terrin, Mario De Curtis and Jacques Rigo

III. Diseases of the Esophagus and Stomach

Chapter 8: Infectious Esophagitis
Salvatore Cucchiara, Giovanni Di Nardo and Salvatore Oliva

Chapter 9: Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Natalia Nedelkopoulou, Alberto Quaglia and Babu Vadamalayan

Chapter 10: Gastroesophageal Reflux
Yvan Vandenplas

Chapter 11: Esophageal Achalasia
Efstratios Saliakellis, Keith J. Lindley and Osvaldo Borrelli

Chapter 12: Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease
Iva Hojsak

Chapter 13: Menetrier Disease
Yvan Vandenplas

IV. Infectious Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 14: Viral Diarrhea
Alfredo Guarino and Eugenia Bruzzese

Chapter 15: Bacterial Infections
Vittoria Buccigrossi and Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo

Chapter 16: Intestinal Parasites
Margot L. Herman and Christina M. Surawicz

Chapter 17: Persistent Diarrhea in Children in Developing Countries
Jai K. Das, Christopher Duggan and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

Chapter 18: HIV and the Intestine
Andrea Lo Vecchio, Antonietta Giannattasio and Alfredo Guarino

V. Functional Disorders and Neurogastroenterology

Chapter 19: Functional Abdominal Pain and Other Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Mark P. Tighe and R. Mark Beattie

Chapter 20: Disorders of Sucking and Swallowing
Francesca Paola Giugliano, Erasmo Miele and Annamaria Staiano

Chapter 21: Defecation Disorders in Children: Constipation and Functional Fecal Incontinence
Shaman Rajindrajith, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana and Marc A. Benninga

Chapter 22: Hirschsprung’s Disease and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasias
Massimo Martinelli and Annamaria Staiano

Chapter 23: Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction in Childhood
Efstratios Saliakellis, Osvaldo Borrelli and Nikhil Thapar

Chapter 24: Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems in Neurologically Handicapped Children
Paolo Quitadamo and Annamaria Staiano

Chapter 25: Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Bhanu Sunku and B U. K. Li

VI. Inflammatory and Immune-Mediated Disorders of Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 26: Food Allergy
Whitney M. Rassbach and Scott H. Sicherer

Chapter 27: Eosinophilic Gastroenteropathy
Alfredo J. Lucendo

Chapter 28: Crohn’s Disease
Salvatore Cucchiara and Marina Aloi

Chapter 29: Indeterminate Colitis/Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unclassified (IBD-U)
Barbara S. Kirschner

Chapter 30: Ulcerative Colitis
Leslie M. Higuchi, Brian P. Regan Sr and Athos Bousvaros

Chapter 31: Vasculitides Including Henoch Schönlein Purpura
Keith J. Lindley and Jutta Kӧglmeier

Chapter 32: Lymphonodular Hyperplasia
Tuomo J. Karttunen and Sami Turunen

Chapter 33: Acute Pancreatitis
Alisha Mavis, Praveen S. Goday and Steven L. Werlin

Chapter 34: Hereditary Pancreatitis and Chronic Pancreatitis in Children
Aliye Uc and Michael Wilschanski

Chapter 35: Fecal Microbial Transplant: For Whom, How, and When
Stacy A. Kahn and Jess L. Kaplan

VII. Malabsorption Syndromes

Chapter 36: Congenital Disorders of Intestinal Electrolyte Transport
Vincenza Pezzella, Tommaso Cozzolino, Ylenia Maddalena, Gianluca Terrin, Rita Nocerino and Roberto Berni Canani

Chapter 37: Immunodeficiency Disorders Resulting in Malabsorption
Margherita Di Costanzo, Marinita Morelli, Monica Malamisura, Maria Giovanna Puoti and  Roberto Berni Canani

Chapter 38: Congenital Disorders of Lipid Transport
Nicholas O. Davidson and Emile Levy

Chapter 39: Pancreatic Insufficiency
Praveen S. Goday and Steven L. Werlin

Chapter 40: Celiac Disease
Stefano Guandalini and Valentina Discepolo

Chapter 41: Cystic Fibrosis
Michael Wilschanski and Aliye Uc

Chapter 42: Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
Jon A. Vanderhoof and Rosemary Pauley-Hunter

Chapter 43: Short Bowel Syndrome
Jon A. Vanderhoof and Rosemary Pauley-Hunter

VIII. Nutritional Problems

Chapter 44: Malnutrition—A Global Problem
Jai K. Das, Rehana A. Salam and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

Chapter 45: Probiotics
Y. Vandenplas, Geert Huys and Georges Daube

Chapter 46: Enteral Nutrition
Timothy A. Sentongo, Olivier Goulet and Virginie Colomb

Chapter 47: Parenteral Nutrition in Infants and Children
Susan Hill

IX. "Surgical" and Neoplastic Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 48: Pediatric Intussusception
Ashish P. Desai and Lydia O’Sullivan

Chapter 49: Meckel’s Diverticulum
Ashish P. Desai

Chapter 50: Acute Appendicitis
Rakesh Kumar Thakur and Ashish P. Desai

Chapter 51: Gastrointestinal Vascular Anomalies
Indre Zaparackaite and Ashish P. Desai

Chapter 52: Polyps and Other Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Warren Hyer, Marta Tavares and Mike Thomson

Part 2 Hepatology

X. Liver Anatomy and Diagnostics

Chapter 53: Normal Liver Anatomy and Introduction to Liver Histology
Corina Gabriela Cotoi and Alberto Quaglia

Chapter 54:  Diagnostic Procedures in Pediatric Hepatology
Annamaria Deganello and Maria E. K. Sellars

XI. Cholestasis in Infancy and Childhood

Chapter 55: Infantile Cholestasis: Approach and Diagnostic Algorithm
Sona Young and Ruba K. Azzam

Chapter 56: Biliary Atresia and Choledochal Malformations
Elke Zani-Ruttenstock and Mark Davenport

Chapter 57: Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis, Caroli’s Disease and Other Fibrocystic Liver Diseases
Nathalie Rock, Ino Kanavaki and Valérie McLin

Chapter 58: Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis
Tassos Grammatikopoulos and Richard J. Thompson

Chapter 59: Alagille Syndrome
Binita Maya Kamath

XII. Inflammatory and Immune-Mediated Disorders of the Liver

Chapter 60: Chronic Viral Hepatitis B and C
Stefan Wirth

Chapter 61: Bacterial, Fungal and Parasitic Infections of the Liver
Anita Verma

Chapter 62: Liver Disease in Primary Immunodeficiencies
Nedim Hadzic

Chapter 63: Autoimmune Liver Disease
Giorgina Mieli-Vergani and Diego Vergani

XIII. Metabolic, Vascular and Neoplastic Liver Disorders

Chapter 64: Inherited Metabolic Disorders and the Liver
Hugh Lemonde and Mike Champion

Chapter 65: Wilson’s Disease 
Piotr Socha and Stuart Tanner

Chapter 66: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Emer Fitzpatrick

Chapter 67: Vascular Disorders of the Liver
Ruth De Bruyne and Pauline De Bruyne

Chapter 68: Portal Hypertension in Children
Angelo Di Giorgio and Lorenzo D’Antiga

Chapter 69: Liver Tumors in Children
Mohamed Rela and Mettu Srinivas Reddy

XIV. Liver Failure Management, Transplantation and Future Perspectives

Chapter 70: Acute Liver Failure in Children
Naresh P. Shanmugam, Chayarani Kelgeri and Anil Dhawan

Chapter 71: Complications of Cirrhosis in Children
Naresh P. Shanmugam and Anil Dhawan

Chapter 72: Nutritional Management of Children with Liver Disease
Sara Mancell and Deepa Kamat

Chapter 73: Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Nigel Heaton

Chapter 74: Growing up with Liver Disease
Marianne Samyn and Anna Hames

Chapter 75: New Horizons in Pediatric Hepatology: A Glimpse of the Future
Emer Fitzpatrick and Anil Dhawan