Practical Approach to Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition - by Deirdre A Kelly & Ronald Bremner & Jane Hartley & Diana Flynn

Book Synopsis

Practical, handy and succinct, this full colour pocketbook provides clear-cut clinical guidance to the main symptoms that infants and children commonly present with in both primary and secondary care.

Clearly divided into specific sections covering the GI tract, liver and nutrition, Professor Kelly and her team discuss how best to investigate and manage specific clinical problems such as vomiting, abdominal pain, acute diarrhoea, constipation and jaundice using a highly clinical problem-orientated approach.

They cover the management of important clinical problems such as chronic liver disease, ascites, malnutrition, obesity, coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease, and provide advice on nutritional problems in premature infants and children including weaning and food aversion.

Key points, potential pitfalls, and management algorithms allow for rapid-reference, and link with the latest evidence, guidelines and protocols from ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN providing coverage of the major professional society recommendations for clinical practice.

Brought to you by the experts, Practical Approach to Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition is the perfect accompaniment for trainees in gastroenterology, hepatology and pediatrics, as well as nutritionists, GI nurses and GPs.

From the Back Cover

Practical, handy and succinct, this full colour pocketbook provides clear-cut clinical guidance to the main symptoms that infants and children commonly present with in both primary and secondary care.

Clearly divided into specific sections covering the GI tract, liver and nutrition, Professor Kelly and her team discuss how best to investigate and manage specific clinical problems such as vomiting, abdominal pain, acute diarrhoea, constipation and jaundice using a highly clinical problem-orientated approach.

They cover the management of important clinical problems such as chronic liver disease, ascites, malnutrition, obesity, coeliac disease and inflammatory bowel disease, and provide advice on nutritional problems in premature infants and children including weaning and food aversion.

Key points, potential pitfalls, and management algorithms allow for rapid-reference, and link with the latest evidence, guidelines and protocols from ESPGHAN and NASPGHAN providing coverage of the major professional society recommendations for clinical practice.

Brought to you by the experts, Practical Approach to Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition is the perfect accompaniment for trainees in gastroenterology, hepatology and pediatrics, as well as nutritionists, GI nurses and GPs.

About the Author

Deirdre Kelly, Professor of Paediatric Hepatology, Liver Unit, Birmingham Children's Hospital, NHS Trust, Birmingham, UK

Prof Kelly is one of the world's leading pediatric hepatologists, and was responsible for?helping create the?Paediatric Liver Unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital, a leading national and international institution?for children with liver disease and?undergoing liver transplantation. She runs an active research programme focussing on viral hepatitis in children, molecular genetics of inherited liver disease, and quality/outcome of life following liver/intestinal transplantation.
She's?a former President of the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN), ?the British Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the International Paediatric Transplant Association. She has been on the?editorial boards of the Journal of Liver Transplantation and Surgery, Pediatric Transplantation?and Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and has had?250?papers published, as well as?7 books and 26 book chapters. She is editor of Diseases of the Liver & Biliary System in Children.

Jane Hartley, Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK.

Ronald Bremner, DM MB ChB BSc (MedSci) MRCPCH, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital, UK.

Diana Flynn, Consultant Paediatrician, NHS Glasgow & Clyde, UK.