The use of questionnaires in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic illness with symptoms including abdominal pain, weight loss, chronic diarrhea, hematochezia, and growth failure. It affects both children and adults. The goal of management is to induce and maintain clinical remission and to reduce psychosocial and quality of life issues caused by the disease.

Pediatric gastric and duodenal disorders.

Purpose Of Review: This review provides a summary of new developments regarding common diseases affecting the stomach and duodenum in children.

Recent Findings: Celiac disease seems to be more prevalent than previously thought in different areas of the world, including the United States. The value of different serologic screening tools and other noninvasive tests has been carefully assessed.