Gallbladder motility in children with chronic constipation.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate gallbladder motility in constipated children.

Patients And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on pediatric patients with refractory constipation examined in a pediatric gastroenterology unit of a teaching hospital between January 2005 and August 2006. All of the patients seen during the period were included (age range, 2-16 years).

Growth evaluation in infants with neonatal cholestasis.

Background: [corrected] Chronic liver diseases in childhood often cause undernutrition and growth failure. To our knowledge, growth parameters in infants with neonatal cholestasis are not available

Aim: To evaluate the nutritional status and growth pattern in infants with intrahepatic cholestasis and extrahepatic cholestasis.

Patients And Methods: One hundred forty-four patients with neonatal cholestasis were followed up at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Service of the Teaching Hospital, State University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil, in a 23-year period, from 1980 to 2003.

Growth assessment in children with extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction and portal hypertension.

Background: Several studies carried out to examine the growth of children with extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction and portal hypertension have reported a variety of findings.

Aim: To assess anthropometric indices in children with portal hypertension due to extra-hepatic portal vein obstruction and who were treated by endoscopic variceal sclerotherapy.

Methods: Anthropometric data were obtained retrospectively from the medical records of 24 patients who had been followed for 3.