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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 ]
A 2013 review suggested probiotics are effective in treating persistent diarrhea in children, though more research is needed. Persistent diarrhea is an episode that starts acutely but then lasts for 14 days or more; In developing countries it is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five years old. The study showed ...
Journal of Pain Research: Pain: Dove Medical Press: English: 2008–present Journal of Pakistan Medical Association: Medicine: Pakistan Medical Association: English: 1951–present Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism: Endocrinology: Walter de Gruyter: English: 1985–present Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition ...
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 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 ...
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.
His clinical and research interests have been in pediatric endocrinology especially as it relates to growth and bone health and bone development, the pathogenesis, prevention, and treatment of childhood osteoporosis; and metabolic bone disorders in pediatric patients.
Studies have shown altered muscle contractility and tone, bowel compliance, and transit may contribute to many of the gastrointestinal symptoms of FGID which may include diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting. [20] Visceral hypersensitivity In FGID there is poor association of pain with GI motility in many functional GI disorders.