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A clinical and research program in pediatric gastroenterology and a gastroenterological research were established in the 1960s at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne by Charlotte Anderson. Later on an important center focused on nutrition and gut pathophysiology was established by Bertil Linquist in Lund, Sweden .
The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on digestive diseases and nutrition in children. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and was established in 1982. [ 1 ]
Environmental enteropathy (EE or tropical enteropathy or environmental enteric dysfunction or EED) is an acquired small intestinal disorder characterized by gut inflammation, reduced absorptive surface area in small intestine, and disruption of intestinal barrier function.
Enteral feeding with a protein hydrolysate or amino acid based formulas worsen the diarrhoea and the children rapidly fail to thrive and develop protein energy malnutrition. In the majority of cases the severity of the malabsorption and diarrhoea make them dependent on daily long term total parenteral nutrition.
The nutrition of children 5 years and younger depends strongly on the nutrition level of their mothers during pregnancy and breastfeeding. [24] Infants born to young mothers who are not fully developed are found to have low birth weights. [25] The level of maternal nutrition during pregnancy can affect a newborn baby's body size and composition ...
Duodenal atresia; Radiograph of abdomen with double-bubble sign from duodenal atresia: Specialty: Pediatric gastroenterology, Pediatric surgery: Symptoms: Antenatal period: polyhydramnios Neonatal period: bilious or non-bilious vomiting within first 36 hours of life, abdominal distension, lack of stooling
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The foregut in humans is the anterior part of the alimentary canal, from the distal esophagus to the first half of the duodenum, at the entrance of the bile duct.Beyond the stomach, the foregut is attached to the abdominal walls by mesentery.