Joel Rosh, Athos Bousvaros

Curbside Consultation in Pediatric GI

49 Clinical Questions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drs. Joel R. Rosh and Athos Bousvaros have designed this unique reference which offers expert advice, preferences, and opinions on tough clinical questions commonly associated with paediatric GI. The unique Q&A format provides quick access to current information related to paediatric GI with the simplicity of a conversation between two colleagues. Numerous images, diagrams, and references allow readers to browse large amounts of information in an expedited fashion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 251mm x 175mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781617110146
• ISBN-10: 1617110140
• Artikelnr.: 34673299

Autorenporträt

Joel R. Rosh, MD graduated from Brown University and received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. His postdoctoral training included a pediatric residency at the Children's Hospital of New York-Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and a Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Gastroenterology at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. He has been on the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, as well as the medical schools of Mount Sinai and New York's Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Rosh is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Gastroenterological Association. He has served as a National Counselor for the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, and as the National Chairman of the Pediatric Education Committee for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Athos Bousvaros, MD, MPH obtained his BA from Williams College, MD from Duke University School of Medicine, and completed a Master's of Public Health at the Harvard University School of Public Health. After completing his pediatric residency at Duke, he trained in the Combined Program in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently the Associate Director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Boston Children's Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bousvaros is currently the President of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. Dr. Bousvaros spends what little spare time he has with his family and his comic book collection. He would like to thank his patients, who are also his greatest teachers.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributing Authors Foreword by Richard J. Grand
MD Introduction SECTION I COMMON PROBLEMS IN INFANCY Question 1 How Is Infant Colic Diagnosed and Treated? Audra S. Rouster
MD and Paul E. Hyman
MD Question 2 What Are the Causes of Rectal Bleeding in Infants? Natalie Sikka
MD and Ian Leibowitz
MD Question 3 How Is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Diagnosed in Infants and What Are the Best Treatments? Charles P.B. Vanderpool
MD and Sandeep Gupta
MD
AGAF
FACG
FASGE
FAAP Question 4 What Is the Normal Stooling Pattern for an Infant and What Medications Can I Safely Use for a Constipated Infant? Silvana Bonilla
MD and Alejandro F. Flores
MD Question 5 Reflux and Vomiting in Infants Are so Common
When Should I Send an Infant for Evaluation Especially to Exclude Anatomic and Metabolic Diseases? Colin Rudolph
MD
PhD Question 6 Why Do Some Infants Feed Poorly and What Interventions Are Best for These Infants and Their Parents? Douglas G. Field
MD and Keith E. Williams
PhD Question 7 How Long Do I Follow a Newborn With Prolonged Jaundice and How Much Work-Up Should I Do Before Sending the Child to a Specialist? Henry Lin
MD and David A. Piccoli
MD Question 8 What Is the Correct Management and Follow-Up for Infants Whose Mothers Are Infected With Hepatitis B? Douglas Mogul
MD
MPH and Kathleen B. Schwarz
MD Question 9 What Is the Correct Management and Follow-Up for Infants Whose Mothers Are Infected With Hepatitis C? Janis M. Stoll
MD and Maureen M. Jonas
MD SECTION II PATIENTS WITH STATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY Question 10 How Do I Assure Adequate Nutrition Support for the Child or Adolescent With Static Encephalopathy and When Should I Consider Supplemental Enteral Support Such as Gastrostomy Feeding? Edwin F. Simpser
MD Question 11 What Evaluation Strategies and Treatment Options Are Available to Children With Cerebral Palsy With Chronic Constipation? Nader N. Youssef
MD Question 12 When Is It Time to Consider Antireflux Surgery in a Child or Adolescent With Static Encephalopathy? Judith M. Sondheimer
MD SECTION III DISORDERS OF DEFECATION Question 13 What Is the Differential Diagnosis for a Child With the Symptom of Constipation and How Does It Vary by Age? Lusine Ambartsumyan
MD and Samuel Nurko
MD
MPH Question 14 How Can I Optimize My Treatment of Constipation and Does This Vary by Age?1 Warren P. Bishop
MD Question 15 Why Do Children Develop Fecal Incontinence and What Diagnostic Evaluation and Treatments Are Best for Those Affected With It? Vera Loening-Baucke
MD and Alexander Swidsinski
MD SECTION IV NUTRITION Question 16 How Can I Effectively Intervene in a Child That Is Overweight or Obese? Jeannie Huang
MD
MPH Question 17 What Comorbidities Should I Screen for in My Patient Who Is Obese? Nidhi P. Goyal
MD
MPH and Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
MD Question 18 What Work-Up Should Be Considered for the Infant or Toddler Who Is Gaining Weight Slowly? What Interventions Are Effective? Frank R. Sinatra
MD Question 19 How Common Is Lactose Intolerance and How Can I Diagnose It? Is There a Downside to Making the Diagnosis Based on History? Sonia K. Michail
MD
CPE
FAAP
AGAF Question 20 Are There Patient Populations at Risk for Vitamin D Deficiency? How Do I Diagnose and Treat It? Francisco A. Sylvester
MD and Ashley Casserino
MD SECTION V LIVER Question 21 What Conditions Commonly Cause Elevated Bilirubin and Aminotransferase Levels in School-Aged Children? Jaime Echartea
MD and William F. Balistreri
MD Question 22 Many of My Obese Patients Have Elevated Liver Chemistries. What Should My Approach Be to This Finding? Ali A. Mencin
MD and Joel E. Lavine
MD
PhD Question 23 What Routine Health Maintenance Should I Assure for My Pediatric Patient Who Has Undergone Liver Transplantation? Michael R. Narkewicz
MD SECTION VI DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS Question 24 Congenital Screening for Cystic Fibrosis Is Now the Routine in Many States. Are There Still Clinical Scenarios That Can Be Seen in Practice That Warrant Suspicion for Cystic Fibrosis? Tanja Gonska
MD Question 25 What Causes Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children? Narayanan Venkatasubramani
MBBS
MD and Steven L. Werlin
MD Question 26 Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency Is Unusual in Pediatrics. Are There Clinical Conditions Other Than Cystic Fibrosis That Can Cause Pancreatic Insufficiency? Kathy D. Chen
MD and Sohail Z. Husain
MD Question 27 How Should I Use Pancreatic Enzymes in Children With Cystic Fibrosis and Other Causes of Pancreatic Insufficiency? Mark E. Lowe
MD
PhD and Douglas Lindblad
MD SECTION VII UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL AND SMALL BOWEL TOPICS Question 28 Celiac Disease Seems So Much More Common. Is This an Epidemic? Ivor D. Hill
MB
ChB
MD Question 29 Are There Groups Who Are at an Increased Risk for Celiac Disease That Should Be Screened? Thomas Flass
MD
MS and Edward J. Hoffenberg
MD Question 30 What Is the Best Way to Diagnose Celiac Disease? What Is the Role of Human Leukocyte Antigen Typing
Serology
and Small Intestinal Biopsy? Alan M. Leichtner
MD and Dascha C. Weir
MD Question 31 Why Have Food Allergies Become So Common and What Are the Most Accurate Means of Diagnosis? Scott H. Sicherer
MD Question 32 What Is Eosinophilic Esophagitis and What Do I Do About It? Shauna Schroeder
MD and Glenn T. Furuta
MD Question 33 My Preteenaged Patient Has Chronic
Recurrent Epigastric Pain and a Blood Test Showed Immunoglobulin-G Antibodies Against Helicobacter pylori. Should I Start Helicobacter pylori-Eradication Therapy or Am I Missing Something? Benjamin D. Gold
MD
FAAP
FACG Question 34 Is Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Really Common in Children and Adolescents? What Are the Best Ways to Diagnose and Treat It? Steven J. Czinn
MD
FAAP
FACG
AGAF; Samra S. Blanchard
MD; Anayansi Lasso-Pirot
MD; and Adam Paul
DO Question 35 What Testing Is Needed to Make the Correct Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents With Recurrent Abdominal Pain? Silvana Bonilla
MD and Miguel Saps
MD Question 36 What Treatments Are Available for Pediatric Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Which Ones Actually Work? Jonathan E. Teitelbaum
MD Question 37 Acute Diarrhea Is Usually Infectious
but What Causes Recurrent or Persistent Diarrhea and How Should I Evaluate Such a Condition? Harland Winter
MD Question 38 Is There a Role for Probiotics in Children With Recurrent Gastrointestinal Symptoms Such as Diarrhea or Abdominal Pain? Stefano Guandalini
MD and Catherine D. Newland
MD SECTION VIII INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE Question 39 What Is the Current Understanding of the Etiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease? Lindsey Albenberg
DO and Robert N. Baldassano
MD Question 40 How Are the Different Types of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Diagnosed and Classified? Jeremy P. Middleton
MD and Subra Kugathasan
MD Question 41 Are There New Classes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapies of Which I Should Be Aware? Bella Zeisler
MD and Jeffrey S. Hyams
MD Question 42 How Do I Know If My Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Is Truly in Remission and Doing Well? Peter Church
MD and Anne M. Griffiths
MD
FRCPC Question 43 What Routine Health Maintenance Is Needed for the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patient? Emily R. Perito
MD
MAS and Melvin B. Heyman
MD
MPH Question 44 How Can I Facilitate the Transition of My Adolescent Patient With Inflammatory Bowel Disease to the Adult Health Care Team? Namita Singh
MD and Marla Dubinsky
MD Question 45 Are There Emotional Issues That Are Commonly Seen in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease That I Should Look for in My Patients and Their Families? Laura Mackner
PhD and Wallace Crandall
MD Question 46 What Do We Know About Adherence in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Any Chronic Pedia