Diagnostic Yield Variation with Colonoscopy among Pediatric Endoscopists.

Background: The primary aim of our study was to determine provider variation in diagnostic yield in a pediatric endoscopy center. Secondary aims were to examine ileal intubation rates as well as procedural complications at the provider level.

Methods: A retrospective review of sequential pediatric patients who underwent a colonoscopy, completed by June 2018, determined the rates of endoscopically abnormal (EA) and isolated histologically abnormal (IHA) colonoscopies; the overall diagnostic yield was the combination of EA and IHA.

Tolerance and reliability of wireless pH monitoring in children.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the placement of a wireless capsule pH monitoring system improved the reproducibility and patient comfort of pH probe studies in children.

Methods: The records of 50 children who underwent wireless pH monitoring were retrospectively reviewed. Among this group, 44 children (27 males and 17 females) met inclusion criteria.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia associated with Crohn's disease.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AHA) is a well-recognized entity associated with ulcerative colitis. Only a single case of AHA previously has been reported in association with Crohn's disease. We describe the first case of this association in a child with perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive Crohn's disease.