Gastrointestinal Conditions News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Infectious diarrhea among pediatric solid organ transplant patients requires improved prevention, diagnostic and treatment methods as these patients have significant morbidity from routine gastrointestinal infections, according to data presented at the St. Jude/PIDS Pediatric Transplant ID Symposium.

Small-intestine contrast ultrasonography, magnetic resonance enterography and capsule endoscopy were all found to be effective options for imaging the small bowel to diagnose pediatric inflammatory bowel disease, according to recent study data.

Chronic narcotic use is prevalent among children with inflammatory bowel disease, especially those with anxiety and depression, according to new research data.

Results from a prospective, multinational study indicate that age at first introduction to gluten is not an independent risk factor for celiac disease.

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is investigating the safety of polyethylene glycol 3550 for treatment of constipation in the pediatric population, according to a press release.

Clinical diagnoses of celiac disease among children older than 2 years have increased nearly threefold during the past 2 decades in the United Kingdom, primarily in less socioeconomically deprived areas, according to new research data.

A well-known adverse effect of systemic antibiotic use is loose stools and diarrhea. This adverse effect can range from a mild inconvenience to significant fluid loss, dehydration and more serious consequences requiring hospitalization. Approximately 25% of all episodes of antibiotic-associated diarrhea result specifically from infection and illness by Clostridium difficile and its toxin.

Locations with the lowest rotavirus vaccine coverage had the highest detected rates of rotavirus, according to study findings in Pediatrics.

Children in China who received the hepatitis B virus infection vaccination at birth had a reduced risk for primary liver cancer and other liver diseases when reaching young adulthood, according to new study data.

Cognitive impairment was prevalent among a cohort of Egyptian children with early stage hepatitis C virus infection and high levels of endogenous cytokine, according to study data.