Endoscopy in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dall'Oglio, Luigi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Romano, Claudio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Gastroenterology .; Pediatrics.; Gastroenterology.

This book describes an up-to-date practical strategy for the use of endoscopy in the evaluation and management of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). All aspects of the role of endoscopy in Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) - the two most common types of IBD...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Equipment in pediatric endoscopy
• Patient and parent preparation
• Sedation
• Early-onset IBD: endoscopic features
• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy and ileocolonoscopy
• Endoscopic scores in CD and CU
• Small bowel endoscopy
• Endoscopic intervention in IBD
• Cancer and dysplasia surveillance
• Conclusions.