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Liver Transplantation: Indication, Allocation, and Inequity
Pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist Sharad I. Wadhwani, MD, MPH, reviews liver transplant indications and evaluation steps, explores current issues around risk scoring and organ distribution systems, and elucidates immediate ...
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Examining Medical Traumatic Stress Through the Lens of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Medical traumatic stress is common, especially in children with pediatric-onset disorders, such as inflammatory bowel disease, explains gastroenterologist Addison Cuneo, MD, and many even meet the criteria for PTSD.
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With obesity affecting 1 in 3 U.S. kids (and comorbidities another looming threat), primary care providers need to understand the causes, the diagnostic process, and the reasons they shouldn’t delay starting treatment in young patients.
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Chronic abdominal pain is common in children, often keeping them out of school and affecting their quality of life. Fortunately, explains pediatric gastroenterologist Vivien Nguyen, MD, diagnosing DGBIs has become more straightforward, ...
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How Social Determinants Impact Liver Transplantation and Strategies for Addressing Them
To discover how socio-economic factors impact young patients undergoing liver transplantation and whether a health advocate can improve outcomes, pediatric gastroenterologist and hepatologist Sharad I. Wadhwani, MD, MPH, is leading two ...
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Overcoming Obesity in Childhood: New Advice and Treatment Options
Pediatric gastroenterologist and obesity expert Patrika Tsai, MD, MPH, presents major points from the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2023 guidelines on care of overweight and obese children, including how to assess the condition's severity.
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Demystifying Celiac Disease in Kids: Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies
Affecting many body systems, celiac disease presents in a multitude of ways – sometimes with no digestive symptoms.
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Pediatric IBD Update: What Primary Care Doctors Need to Know
Sabina Ali, MD, an expert in pediatric IBD, provides a short yet thorough rundown on this progressive disease, including very-early-onset IBD.
Our Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic cares for infants, children and teens with a wide range of symptoms and disorders of the stomach, intestines, liver and pancreas. We also offer specialized treatment for many gastrointestinal (GI) conditions. These include motility disorders, which disrupt the body's normal process of moving food and fluids through the digestive system, and conditions affecting the body's ability to absorb nutrients, such as cystic fibrosis and celiac disease (in which the immune system responds to gluten ingestion by attacking the small intestine).
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