Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth
Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth Carlos H. Lifschitz In healthy persons, the stomach, duodenum, and upper small bowel are sterile, or the number of organisms never surpasses 105 colony-forming units per…
Short Bowel Syndrome
Short Bowel Syndrome Carlos H. Lifschitz Short bowel syndrome can be caused by prenatal events, such as volvulus, small bowel atresia, gastroschisis or malformation. Acquired causes of the syndrome include…
Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases
Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases Glenn T. Furuta Peter Ngo Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases are clinicopathologic entities requiring a mucosal biopsy for diagnosis. Eosinophilic gastroenteritis, the classical eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease, presents with a…
Protein Intolerance
Protein Intolerance Jonathan E. Teitelbaum W. Allan Walker Allergy is derived from the Greek word for “other.” Food allergy or protein intolerance is an immunologic reaction to a dietary protein…
Protein-Losing Enteropathy
Protein-Losing Enteropathy Dan W. Thomas Frank R. Sinatra Numerous disorders result in excessive loss of serum proteins from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. This form of intestinal dysfunction is called protein-losing…
Chronic Recurrent Abdominal Pain
Chronic Recurrent Abdominal Pain William J. Klish Chronic recurrent abdominal pain undoubtedly is the most frustrating problem a pediatrician must manage. It also is a common occurrence. Unless the diagnosis…
Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis
Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis W. Daniel Jackson Richard J. Grand A spectrum of gastrointestinal disturbances ranging from transient diarrhea to frank pseudomembranous colitis has been associated with antibiotic treatment in…
Crohn Disease
Crohn Disease W. Daniel Jackson Stephen L. Guthery Richard J. Grand Crohn disease (CD) is a transmural inflammatory process that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract from…
Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis W. Daniel Jackson Stephen L. Guthery Richard J. Grand Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disease of the colon and rectum of unknown origin. It was…
Anorectal Malformations
Anorectal Malformations David E. Wesson Formation of the anus and rectum and separation from the urogenital tract occur primarily between the 4-mm (fourth week) and 16-mm (sixth week) stage of…
