Gastrointestinal Conditions News

Pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease who underwent restorative proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis had higher rates of pouch complications after surgery compared with adults, but had comparable long-term pouch retention, according to study data.

Due to the worldwide increase in Crohn’s disease during the past 30 years, especially in pediatric incidence, researchers have developed a better understanding of the disease and more effective treatments.

Due to growing use of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes among children with feeding and nutrition difficulties, the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, or ESPGHAN, addressed placement techniques in a recent statement published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology.

Texas Children’s Hospital successfully implemented an extracorporeal support therapy system to treat a pediatric patient with acute liver failure, according to a news release.

High levels of pre-existing, type-specific norovirus serum immunoglobulin antibodies in children with gastroenteritis indicate protection from norovirus infection based on strain, according to study findings in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

Insulin-like growth factor-I and II levels predicted histological stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease among obese children in Italy, according to new study results.

A significant abundance of stool Actinobacteria, particularly Bifidobacterium, was tied to higher responses to oral and parenteral vaccines and a larger thymus among infants, according to study findings in Pediatrics.

Children with HLA haplotype DR3-DQ2, especially homozygotes with two copies, had high risk for celiac disease, and that risk was elevated in Sweden, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study suggest that a vaccine for Shigella must protect against S. sonnei and 15 serotypes of S. flexneri to provide the broadest protection against shigellosis.

Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study suggest that a vaccine for Shigella must protect against S. sonnei and 15 serotypes of S. flexneri to provide the broadest protection against shigellosis.