Gastrointestinal Conditions News

WASHINGTON — Although adenovirus infection has been widely implicated in an outbreak of acute, severe hepatitis in children, data presented at The Liver Meeting found no “singular definitive etiology” for these cases.

In this Healio video, Andrew J. Costandi, MD, MMM, details the Enhanced Recovery After Liver Transplantation protocol at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, which shortened post-transplant ICU stays from 7 to 3 days in pediatric patients.

Paternal and maternal use of 5-aminosalicylic acid for treatment of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis before conception and during pregnancy is safe, based on offspring outcomes in a nationwide Danish cohort study.

The distensibility index provides a superior metric for fibrostenotic severity vs. esophageal diameter alone in pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

An FDA advisory committee recently voted there was adequate data to support the safety and efficacy of fecal microbiota transplant therapy Rebyota for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

Use of an algorithm-based tool to determine the likelihood of viral etiology for acute diarrhea in children did not significantly reduce antibiotic prescriptions in developing countries, according to a study in JAMA Pediatrics.

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced positive results from its phase 3 trial that evaluated Linzess for the treatment of pediatric patients with functional constipation, according to a company press release.

Norovirus outbreaks have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels as COVID-19 mitigation measures have eased around the country, CDC researchers reported on Thursday.

Splash pads for children at water parks offer less risk for drowning, but inadequate disinfection and poor toileting/hygiene skills create a hub for gastrointestinal illness outbreaks, noted data in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

People who were delivered by cesarean section were more likely to receive a Crohn’s disease diagnosis later in life compared with their vaginally delivered counterparts, according to a population-based cohort study conducted in Sweden.