Gastrointestinal Conditions News

A previously healthy 6-year-old female is hospitalized with mild dehydration, diarrhea and abdominal pain. The pain is described as chronic and recurrent over a few years. She had previously been evaluated in the gastrointestinal clinic about 1 year earlier, where, at that time, she was found to be healthy. Her travel history was positive for spending a month in Cuba to visit relatives when she was about 2 years of age. The parents thought the abdominal pains began shortly after that trip. There has been no other travel. The family has no pets, but she is frequently exposed to neighborhood cats and dogs. The family history is unremarkable, with no sick contacts.

In a letter, AAP President Sara H. Goza, MD, FAAP, asked HHS for “immediate, direct financial relief payments” for pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists “to keep practices open, pay staff, and procure needed supplies.”

According to WHO, Earth has warmed approximately 0.85°C over the last 130 years — with each of the past 3 decades being successively warmer than any preceding decade since 1850. It will warm more than 3°C this century alone.

Among children with a history of severe bronchiolitis, exposure to acid suppressant medications during infancy increased their risk for developing recurrent wheeze by age 3 years, according to findings presented during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

In Tennessee, only 23% of infants who were exposed to hepatitis C virus were tested for it, including just one in 10 black infants, study results suggested.

AUSTIN, Texas — Incorporating electronic medical record-activated alerts in a pediatric inflammatory bowel disease center improved the detection and treatment of iron deficiency with and without anemia among patients, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

The FDA has approved Dificid tablets and oral suspension for the treatment of Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea in pediatric patients aged older than 6 months, according to a news release.

AUSTIN, Texas — The higher frequency of statural growth impairment in male children with Crohn’s disease appears to be due to less standardized height gain with skeletal maturation, rather than advanced bone age progression, according to preliminary data from the Growth Study presented at Crohn’s & Colitis Congress.

Pediatric feeding disorders are common in children with autism, and medical issues associated with these disorders could be overlooked due to underlying behavioral, communication and sensory challenges, according to a presentation at the International Pediatric Feeding Disorder Conference.

AUSTIN, Texas — Children with ulcerative colitis undergoing proctocolectomy had higher 30-day readmission rates as compared to colectomy alone, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.