Intraluminal appendiceal fluid is a predictive factor for recurrent appendicitis after initial successful non-operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis in pediatric patients.

Background: The risk factors for recurrent appendicitis in pediatric patients are unclear. This study aimed to identify the predictive factors for recurrent appendicitis in pediatric patients who initially underwent successful non-operative management of uncomplicated appendicitis.

Methods: Potential predictive factors for recurrent appendicitis in terms of clinical characteristics, laboratory data, and abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography findings, were evaluated.

Predictive factors of negative outcome in initial atropine therapy for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis.

Background: The predictive factors of negative outcome in initial i.v. atropine (IA) therapy of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) are unknown.

Immunonutritional effects during synbiotics therapy in pediatric patients with short bowel syndrome.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of synbiotic therapy in patients with short bowel syndrome (SBS). Four pediatric patients with SBS, who were receiving synbiotics therapy including Bifidobacterium breve, Lactobacillus casei and galactooligosaccharides, were enrolled in this study. We evaluated changes in immunonutritional parameters before and after receiving synbiotics therapy.