Table of Contents

Introduction: Postnatal Development and its Relevance to Pediatric Gastroenterology
SECTION 1: PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
1. Digestion, Maldigestion and Malabsorption
2. Microbial Interactions with Gut Epithelium
3. Gut Immune Function / Inflammation
4. Motility
5. Liver Function and Dysfunction
6. Pancreatic Function and Dysfunction
7. Mitochondrial Function and Dysfunction
8. Gastrointestinal Injury
SECTION 2: CLINICAL PRESENTATION OF DISEASE
9. Acute Diarrhea
10. Persistent Diarrhea
11. Protein Losing Enteropathy
12. Vomiting
13. Colic and Gas
14. Abdominal Pain
15. Abdominal Masses
16. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
17. Growth Failure
18. The Gastrointestinal System and Malnutrition
19. Obesity
20. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy
SECTION 3: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Mouth and Esophagus
21. Disorders of the Oral Cavity
22. Congenital Anomalies of the Mouth and Esophagus
23. Disorders of Deglutition
24. Gastroesohageal Reflux
25. Esophagitis
26. Other Motor Disorders
27. Injury of the Esophagus
The Stomach and Duodenum
28. Congenital Anomalies of the Stomach and Duodenum
29. Gastritis
30. Esophageal and Gastric Neoplasm
31. Pyloric Stenosis and Other Motor Diseases including 'Dumping Syndrome'
The Intestine
32. Congenital Anomalies
33. Hernias
34. Peritonitis
35. Perianal Lesions
36. The 'Surgical' Abdomen
37. Appendicitis
38. Intestinal Infections
39. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Immunodeficiency
40. Intestinal Failure
41. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
42. Necrotizing Enterocolitis
43. Congenital Disease of Dysfunction and Absorption
44. Enteropathy
45. Intestinal Tumors
46. Hypomotility Disorders
47. Secretory Tumors Affecting the Gut
48. The Gut in Systemic Endocrinopathies
The Liver
49. Approach to Neonatal Cholestasis
50. Disorders of the Biliary Tract
51. Postnatal Infections of the Liver
52. Autoimmune Liver Disease
53. Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Children
54. Liver Tumors

About the Author

Ronald Kleinman MD Professor of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital for Children Olivier-Jean Goulet MD Professor of Pediatrics Rene Descartes University Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital Giorginia Mieli-Vergani MD Director, Pediatric Liver Service Professor in Pediatric Hepatology Guy's, King's and St. Thomas School of Medicine King's College, London Ian Sanderson MD, FRCP Director, Digestive Diseases, Clinical Academic Unit St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary, University of London Philip Sherman MD, FRCPC Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Dentistry The Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto Benjamin Shneider MD Professor of Pediatrics Director of Pediatric Hepatology Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh