In our bonus episode, Dr. Temara Hajjat and Dr. Jenn Lee talk to Dr. Henry Shiau, a hepatologist at the University of Alabama Birmingham, about the outbreak of severe acute hepatitis leading to acute liver failure and the need for liver transplant in some children. Get your CME here: https://learnonline.naspghan.org/products/bowel-sounds-henry-shiau-md-the-mysterious-severe-acute-hepatitis-and-acute-liver-failure-cme-available Learning Objectives1) To understand the
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In our first international episode, Dr. Peter Lu and Dr. Temara Hajjat cross the Atlantic (virtually) to talk to the illustrious Dr. Marc Benninga from Emma Children's Hospital/Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Benninga is not only our first guest from our sister society ESPGHAN, but also the first Olympian and perhaps the
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Drs. Temara Hajjat and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Marla Dubinsky, a professor of pediatrics and a pediatric gastroenterologist at Mount Sinai Hospital. We discuss the approach to fertility and pregnancy in IBD. Learning Objectives1) To identify IBD medications that are safe during pregnancy and lactation 2) To learn the impact of IBD disease activity
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Drs. Jennifer Lee and Jason Silverman talk to Dr. Maria Mascarenhas, a pediatric gastroenterologist and the director of the integrative health program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. We discuss how extra training in integrative medicine has helped Dr. Mascarenhas take her clinical practice to the next level. We ask how training in culinary medicine can
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To recognize #AsianAmericanandPacificIslanderHeritageMonth, we want to highlight a member of @NASPGHAN, who has made a significant impact in our field, Dr. B U.K. Li. Dr. Li is an expert in cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) and spearheaded the effort to define and standardize the diagnostic and management protocols. He has published extensively on CVS and has received
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To recognize Arab American Heritage Month, we want to highlight a member of NASPGHAN who has made a significant impact in our field. Dr. Ghishan is internationally recognized for his research in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. In the course of his career, he has authored more than 400 publications including original articles, editorials, abstracts, book
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In this collaborative episode with JPGN, Drs. Peter Lu and Jason Silverman talk to Dr. Jim Squires, the first author of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Position Paper on the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure published recently in JPGN. Although this is a complex syndrome and topic,
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In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Jennifer Lee and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Hayat Mousa about the most severe of gastrointestinal motility disorders — pediatric intestinal pseudo-obstruction or PIPO. Although PIPO is a rare disorder, it is one that is important for all pediatric gastroenterologists to recognize. Dr. Mousa is Director of
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In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Peter Lu talk to Dr. Judith Kelsen about the presentation, evaluation, and management of children with very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD). Learning Objectives1) To define and describe the clinical presentation of very early onset IBD2) To examine diagnostic strategies for patients with very
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Your help is needed to protect children from dangerous high-powered magnets. The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) are jointly calling upon their members to voice support for a new safety standard for high-powered magnets recently proposed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
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