'Among the book's important strengths are well-written chapters by a number of internationally recognized experts.'
'...a positive addition to the field of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition...'
'...a practical and helpful resource to the global community of physicians, students, nurses and other professionals who care for children with gastroenterological and nutritional disorders.' -all John Snyder, The New England Journal of Medicine, May 2005


With the explosion of knowledge and technology that the internet has catalyzed since the first book on pediatric gastroenterology in the 1970s, a new, fully comprehensive textbook on the intrinsically entwined areas of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition is much needed. All those in need of a reliable, up-to-date and globally focused clinical primer on the disorders and diseases that may affect the gastrointestinal tract in neonates and children will welcome the Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. The points relevant for diagnosis and treatment of a full range of problematic conditions are covered by an authoritative and truly international team of contributors.


Contents:


I. Congenital Disorders 1. Microvillus Inclusion Disease and Epithelial Dysplasia 2. Congenital Problems of the

Gastrointestinal Tract II. Diseases of the Esophagus and Stomach 3. Infectious Esophagitis 4. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 5. Achalasia 6. Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease 7. Other Gastritides III. Infectious Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract 8. HIV and the Intestine 9. Viral Diarrhea 10. Bacterial Infections 11. Intestinal Parasites 12. Post-infectious Persistent Diarrhea in Developing Countries 13. Small-bowel Bacterial Overgrowth IV. Functional Disorders and Neurogastroenterology 14. Functional Abdominal Pain and other Functional Bowel Disorders 15. Disorders of Sucking and Swallowing 16. Constipation and Encopresis in Childhood 17. Hirschsprung's Disease and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasias 18. Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction in Childhood 19. Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems in the Neurologically Handicapped Child 20. Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome V. Inflammatory and Immune-mediated Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract 21. Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis 22. Food Allergies 23. Crohn's Disease 24. Indeterminate Colitis 25. Ulcerative Colitis 26. Vasculitides 27. Celiac Disease 28. Protein-losing Enteropathy 29. Short-bowel Syndrome 30. Lymphonodular Hyperplasia VI. Nutritional Problems 31. Malnutrition 32. Biotherapeutic and Nutraceutical Agents 33. Enteral Nutrition 34. Parenteral Nutrition in Infants and Children VII. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Nutrition in the Neonatal Age 35. Gastrointestinal Problems of the Newborn 36. Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Infants 37. Parenteral Nutrition in the Preterm Infant VIII. Approach to Selected Gastrointestinal Disorders 38. Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding 39. Approach to the Child with Acute Diarrhea 40. Approach to the Child with Acute Abdomen 41. Management of Ingested Foreign Bodies 42. Medical Aspects of Intestinal Transplantation IX. 'Surgical' and Neoplastic Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract 43. Intussusception 44. Meckel's Diverticulum 45. Acute Appendicitis 46. Vascular Lesions of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Childhood 47. The Role of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disease 48. Polyps and other Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract