Gastrointestinal Conditions News

Recent study results showed that cholangitis episodes and the presence of portal hypertension or gastroesophageal varices in adolescence may predict the need for liver transplantation in adulthood among pediatric patients with biliary atresia.

Prior antibiotic exposure and protein pump inhibitor use were both risk factors for the development of Clostridioides difficile infection, or CDI, in pediatric inpatients, according to results of a meta-analysis published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Children from low-income households are more likely to have respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses but are less likely to miss school compared with children from families with higher incomes, according to a study conducted by the CDC.

Children delivered by cesarean were more likely to have milk allergy and GERD, according to findings presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Exposure to systemic antibiotics in the first year of life may be a risk factor for later development of celiac disease, according to results of an observational study published in Gastroenterology.

Numerous viral and bacterial respiratory illnesses have overlapping symptoms. In many cases, it can be difficult for pediatricians to determine what a child should be diagnosed with, which can affect how the child is medically treated.

LAS VEGAS — New-onset psoriasis occurred more frequently in children with inflammatory bowel disease who received anti-TNF biologic therapy than it did in their counterparts who did not receive biologics, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress.

Oral combination antibiotics appeared to be an effective rescue therapy in children with inflammatory bowel disease who were failing a biologic, according to research published in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

Health officials have linked a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections to contact with pet hedgehogs, the CDC reported.

Health officials have linked a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections to contact with pet hedgehogs, the CDC reported.