Persistent Eosinophilia and Fever in Pancreatitis: A Clinical Conundrum.

A healthy 11-year-old girl presents with epigastric abdominal pain, fever, weight loss, and decreased appetite for 1 month. On physical examination, she appears ill, dehydrated, and cachectic. Her abdominal examination is significant for large ascites with a fluid wave and is nontender to palpation.

Serum-derived bovine immunoglobulin for children with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

Background: Oral serum-derived bovine immunoglobulin (SBI)/protein isolate is a medical food intended to manage chronic diarrhea. It has been shown to improve pain and diarrhea in adults with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (d-IBS).

Aim: To determine if SBI can improve symptoms in children with d-IBS.

Water Load Test in Children with Chronic Abdominal Pain or Obesity Compared with Nonobese Controls.

Objective: Satiety is the perception of satisfied fullness and represents a summation of neural and hormonal influences. Satiety can be assessed by drink tests, including water load. The objective of our study was to confirm the difference in water load volume between nonobese control children and children with functional dyspepsia (FD), children with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and obese children.