Gastrointestinal Conditions News

WASHINGTON — Implementing a patient-specific action plan helped reduce unnecessary referrals to pediatric gastroenterologists among children with constipation, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

WASHINGTON — Identifying trigger foods through a six-food elimination diet helped children with eosinophilic esophagitis maintain long-term remission, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

WASHINGTON — Children with inflammatory bowel disease who achieve an early response to Stelara tend to have better long-term outcomes, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

One-third of parents reported that their child got sick from food eaten in their own home, and the effort they put into preventing food poisoning varies, according to results from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.

WASHINGTON — Exposure-based cognitive behavioral therapy was more effective than usual treatment at improving symptoms in children with functional abdominal pain disorders, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Health officials in Iowa and Illinois said more than 100 cases of cyclosporiasis may be linked to salads made by McDonald’s.

Providing multistrain probiotics to pediatric and adult patients treated with antibiotics reduces the likelihood of Clostridium difficile infection, with no difference in serious adverse events when compared with standard care, according to research published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Researchers found that nearly 80% of all cholera transmissions in Dhaka, Bangladesh, occurred between people who shared a household. With the rise in cholera cases around the world, these findings could potentially impact infection control strategies.  

Researchers examined the nonacute effects of diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium infection in young children and found that it decreased their growth and increased the risk of subsequent infectious disease.

Gastroesophageal reflux, a common and normal condition among preterm neonates, should be diagnosed using signs of the condition such as feeding intolerance and irritability, and treated without the use of pharmacologic agents, according to a clinical report issued by the AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn.