Gastrointestinal Conditions News

WASHINGTON — The American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday named Anthony S. Fauci, MD, FAAP, an honorary fellow for what it called his “decades of distinguished leadership, dedication, wisdom and service to children and families.”

Gastrointestinal disease often presents differently in pediatric patients, and providers must be aware of even subtle symptoms, such as changes in stool pattern or lags in growth and development, Dedrick Moulton, MD, told Healio.

In a Healio video exclusive, Jennie David, PhD, an IBD pediatric psychologist, discusses “complex relationships” young patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have with their bodies, food and weight and how care providers can help.

In a Healio video exclusive, Rene D. Gomez-Esquivel, MD, discusses risk factors for pediatric colon cancer, as well as best practices for screening and lesion resection, from his presentation at the 2023 NASPGHAN annual meeting.

In this Healio video exclusive, Imad Absah, MD, explains how an artificial intelligence-based algorithm helped accurately identify pediatric patients with known celiac disease, especially those who had not received adequate follow-up care.

The FDA has issued a safety alert warning patients and health care providers of a “risk of invasive, potentially fatal disease” linked to probiotic use among preterm infants in hospital settings.

Constipation is a relatively common problem in pediatric practice, with reported prevalence rates between 1% and 30%, as well as the chief complaint in 3% to 5% of visits to pediatric outpatient clinics. Because most constipation cases can be remedied through recommended over-the-counter laxatives, constipation is rarely a cause for severe worry among parents.

Being breastfed in infancy was associated with a 23% increased risk for colorectal cancer in adulthood, especially among women younger than 50 years, according to a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Combining seasonal vaccination and chemoprevention reduces the incidence of malaria by around two-thirds compared with either prevention method by itself, updated study results confirmed.

There has been an alarming increase in extensively drug-resistant Shigella infections reported through national surveillance systems.