Overview
- Provides insight into differential diagnoses in eosinophilic esophagitis
- Covers general aspects of reflux disease as well as GER in special patient populations
- Details potentially adverse effects associated with the latest therapeutic drugs
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This extensively revised second edition of this essential work provides a comprehensive overview of Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER) in children. It contains detailed insight into the epidemiology and pathophysiology of the condition. Relevant diagnostic methods and treatment techniques are also covered. Heavily revised chapters discuss issues associated with GER in special patient populations and current approaches to GER diagnosis and management. New chapters cover relevant aspects of the microbiome, how nutrition can be key to successful treatment and the adverse effects of the latest therapeutic drugs presently available. Colic in infants, and differential diagnoses in eosinophilic esophagitis are also described.
The first part of the book is dedicated to introducing the condition, discussing epidemiology, symptoms and diagnosis. This is followed by addressing issues of the condition encountered in special patient populations such as in preterm infants, apnea, neulorogic patients and cystic fibrosis, among others. The final part of the book is dedicated to therapeutic approaches from medication to surgery and alternative approaches such as complementary medicine and hypnotherapy. The approaches and challenges in endoscopy are also detailed.
Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children, Second Edition is edited by a leading world expert in the topic and written by a global team of authors from a range of associated disciplines, making the work a critical resource for pediatricians, gastroenterologists to pulmonologists, otolaryngologists and neurologists.
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Yvan Vandenplas MD PhD, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, UZ Brussel, KidZ Health Castle, Brussels, Belgium.
Dr Vandenplas did his medical studies at the ”Vrije Universiteit Brussel” and trained in pediatrics (1981 - 1986) at the same University. He became Head of the Unit for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition in 1987 and was Head of the KidZ Health Castle, at the University Hospital Brussels (UZ Brussel) and had the Chair of Pediatrics since 1994. He retired in 2021 and is now consultant at the same hospital and university.
He has more than 550 publications listed in Medline. His main interests are infant nutrition (probiotics, prebiotics, cow milk allergy), gastro-esophageal reflux (diagnostic procedures, treatment) and functional gastro-intestinal disorders.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children
Editors: Yvan Vandenplas
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99067-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99066-4Published: 24 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-99069-5Published: 25 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-99067-1Published: 23 June 2022
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: VIII, 377
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Gastroenterology, Pediatrics