Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pancreatitis in children and adolescents in Latin America.

Objective: to present the results of a survey applied to Latin American pediatric gastroenterologists (PGs) to learn how they perform the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pancreatitis.

Material And Methods: a descriptive, exploratory, multicenter study and survey was conducted.

Results: 73.

[Waist-to-height ratio is an indicator of metabolic risk in children].

Introduction: Abdominal fat, particularly visceral, is associated with a high risk of metabolic complications. The waist-height ratio (WHtR) is used to assess abdominal fat in individuals of all ages.

Objective: To determine the ability of the waist-to-height ratio to detect metabolic risk in mexican schoolchildren.

[Helicobacter pylori detection in children with initially negative Gram, Giemsa and Wharting-Starry methods, using other histologic techniques].

Objective: To identify Helicobacter pylori by Gram, Giemsa and Warthing-Starry histological staining methods in biopsies of the digestive tract in children, when Helicobacter pylori identification was negative with hematoxilin and eosin.

Material And Methods: We carried out a retrospective, cross-sectional and comparative study of 36 gastric biopsies received in the department of Anatomic-Pathology, in a period often months. All the biopsies were initially stained with routine Hematoxilin and Eosin.