Monthly Archives: January 2016

By striving to address the potential gaps in knowledge of a busy pediatric practitioner, Pediatric Nutrition in Practice fills an important niche in the field of pediatric clinical nutrition. As a revised second edition, this reference book concisely e… Continue reading →

By striving to address the potential gaps in knowledge of a busy pediatric practitioner, Pediatric Nutrition in Practice fills an important niche in the field of pediatric clinical nutrition. As a revised second edition, this reference book concisely e… Continue reading →

Question: A 22-year-old African female presented to South African hospital with a 2-month history of epigastric discomfort. Three months prior she had an electric shock from mains electricity causing her to fall onto her abdomen. This caused some epiga… Continue reading →

Question: A 22-year-old African female presented to South African hospital with a 2-month history of epigastric discomfort. Three months prior she had an electric shock from mains electricity causing her to fall onto her abdomen. This caused some epiga… Continue reading →

Question: A 15-year-old female presented with recurrent pallor, fatigue, and hematochezia. The patient had no history of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use, or peptic ulcer, and no family history of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Notably, she deni… Continue reading →

Question: A 15-year-old female presented with recurrent pallor, fatigue, and hematochezia. The patient had no history of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use, or peptic ulcer, and no family history of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. Notably, she deni… Continue reading →

Question: An 84-year-old woman presented to the endoscopy department for elective esophagogastroduodenoscopy owing to vague upper abdominal complaints. After passage through the pylorus, the distal duodenal bulb revealed a second lumen arising from the… Continue reading →

Question: An 84-year-old woman presented to the endoscopy department for elective esophagogastroduodenoscopy owing to vague upper abdominal complaints. After passage through the pylorus, the distal duodenal bulb revealed a second lumen arising from the… Continue reading →

Eosinophilic esophagitis may present with symptoms such as dysphagia, chest pain, vomiting, and food impaction. Endoscopically detectable features that are associated with eosinophilic esophagitis include the presence of white exudates, strictures, rings, and linear furrows. The diagnosis is confirmed through biopsies that exhibit >15 eosinophils per high-power field (400×). The correlation of symptoms with the endoscopic and pathologic findings for eosinophilic esophagitis has remained unclear. Continue reading →

Eosinophilic esophagitis may present with symptoms such as dysphagia, chest pain, vomiting, and food impaction. Endoscopically detectable features that are associated with eosinophilic esophagitis include the presence of white exudates, strictures, rings, and linear furrows. The diagnosis is confirmed through biopsies that exhibit >15 eosinophils per high-power field (400×). The correlation of symptoms with the endoscopic and pathologic findings for eosinophilic esophagitis has remained unclear. Continue reading →