Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, by Drs. Robert Wyllie and Jeffrey S. Hyams provides the comprehensive reference you need to treat GI diseases in children. Review the latest developments in the field and get up-to-date clinical information on hot topics like polyps, capsule endoscopy, and pancreatic treatments. With expert guidance from an expanded international author base and online access to 475 board-review-style questions, this latest edition is a must-have for every practicing gastroenterologist.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1. Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 2. Basic Aspects of Digestion and Absorption

Chapter 3. Bile Acid Physiology and Alterations in the Enterohepatic Circulation

Chapter 4. Indigenous Flora

Chapter 5. Gastrointestinal Mucosal Immunology and Mechanisms of Inflammation

Chapter 6. Chronic Abdominal Pain of Childhood and Adolescence

Chapter 7. Approach to the Child with a Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder

Chapter 8. Vomiting and Nausea

Chapter 9. Diarrhea

Chapter 10. Colic and Gastrointestinal Gas

Chapter 11. Functional Constipation and incontinence

Chapter 12. Failure to Thrive/Growth Faltering

Chapter 13. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Chapter 14. Obesity

Chapter 15. Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Chapter 16. Jaundice

Chapter 17. Ascities

Chapter 18. Caustic Ingestion and Foreign Bodies

Chapter 19. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Esophagus

Chapter 20. Congenital Malformations of the Esophagus

Chapter 21. Gastroesophageal Reflux

Chapter 22. Achalasia and Other Motor Disorders

Chapter 23. Other Diseases of the Esophagus

Chapter 24. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach

Chapter 25. Congenital Anomalies and Surgical Disorders of the Stomach

Chapter 26. Gastritis, Gastropathy, and Ulcer Disease

Chapter 27. Helicobacter Pylori in Childhood

Chapter 28. Gastric Motility Disorders

Chapter 29. Bezoars

Chapter 30. Anatomy and Physiology of the Small and Large Intestines

Chapter 31. Maldigestion and Malabsorption

Chapter 32. Protracted Diarrhea

Chapter 33. Protein-Losing Enteropathy

Chapter 34. Celiac Disease

Chapter 35. Short Bowel Syndrome

Chapter 36. Intestinal and Multivisceral Transplantation: An update in the milieu of gut rehabilitation

Chapter 37. Allergic and Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease

Chapter 38. Infectious Diarrhea

Chapter 39. Enteric Parasites

Chapter 40. "Gastrointestinal manifestations of immunodeficiency

Chapter 41. Gastrointestinal Complications of Secondary Immunodeficiency

Chapter 41. Pediatric Polyposis Syndromes

Chapter 42. Crohn's Disease

Chapter 43. Ulcerative Colitis in Children and Adolescents

Chapter 44. Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction

Chapter 45. Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis

Chapter 46. Disorders of the Anorectum: Fissures, Fistulas, Prolapse, Hemorrhoids, Tags

Chapter 47. Neoplasms of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 48. Neoplasms of the Liver

Chapter 49. Other Diseases of the Small Intestine and Colon

Chapter 50. Appendicitis

Chapter 51. Intussusception in Infants and Children

Chapter 52. Inguinal Hernias and Hydroceles

Chapter 53. Meckel's Diverticulum and Other Omphalomesenteric Duct Remnants

Chapter 54. Hirschsprung's Disease

Chapter 55. Imperforate Anus

Chapter 56. Abnormal Rotation and Fixation of the Intestine

Chapter 57. Small and Large Bowel Stenosis and Atresias

Chapter 58. Newborn Abdominal Wall Defects

Chapter 59. Stomas of the Small and Large Intestine

Chapter 60. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, and Related Techniques

Chapter 61. Colonoscopy, Polypectomy, and Related Techniques

Chapter 62. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Chapter 63. Capsule Endoscopy and Small Bowel Enteroscopy

Chapter 64. Gastrointestinal Motility Procedures

Chapter 65. Gastrointestinal Pathology

Chapter 66. Functional anatomy and histology of the liver

Chapter 67. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver and Bile Ducts

Chapter 68. Neonatal Hepatitis

Chapter 69. Biliary Atresia and Neonatal Disorders of the Bile Ducts

Chapter 70. Pediatric Cholestatic Liver Disease with Genetic Etiology

Chapter 71. Mitochondrial Hepatopathies: Disorders of Fatty Acid Oxidation and the Respiratory Chain

Chapter 72. Abnormalities of Hepatic Protein Metabolism

Chapter 73. Abnormalities of Carbohydrate Metabolism and the Liver

Chapter 74. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Chapter 75. Acute and Chronic Hepatitis

Chapter 76. Portal Hypertnesion

Chapter 77. Liver Failure

Chapter 78. Liver Transplantation in Children

Chapter 79. Diseases of the Gallbladder

Chapter 80. Pancreatic Development

Chapter 81. Cystic Fibrosis and Congenital Anomalies of the Exocrine Pancreas

Chapter 82. Pancreatitis

Chapter 83. Total Pancreatectomy with Autoislet Transplantation, and Pancreatic Allotransplantation

Chapter 84. Secretory Neoplasms of the Pancreas

Chapter 85. Infant and Toddler Nutrition

Chapter 86. Nutritional Assessment

Chapter 87. Tubes for Enteric Access

Chapter 88. Parenteral Nutrition

Chapter 89. Enteral Nutrition

Chapter 90. Management of Diarrhea

Chapter 91. Effects of Digestive Diseases on Bone Metabolism

Chapter 92. Nutrition and Feeding for Children with Developmental Disabilities