Probiotics for gastrointestinal disorders: Proposed recommendations for children of the Asia-Pacific region.

Recommendations for probiotics are available in several regions. This paper proposes recommendations for probiotics in pediatric gastrointestinal diseases in the Asia-Pacific region. Epidemiology and clinical patterns of intestinal diseases in Asia-Pacific countries were discussed.

Transient hypertransaminasemia in paediatric patients with Crohn disease undergoing initial treatment with enteral nutrition.

Objectives: Total enteral nutrition (TEN) is frequently used as monotherapy in children with Crohn disease to prevent steroid toxicity. Liver disease is a known complication in inflammatory bowel disease, and liver enzymes are regularly obtained in these patients.

Patients And Methods: Prospective follow-up of liver enzymes was performed in 11 new consecutive patients ages 7.

Oral rehydration solution containing a mixture of non-digestible carbohydrates in the treatment of acute diarrhea: a multicenter randomized placebo controlled study on behalf of the ESPGHAN working group on intestinal infections.

Objective: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter study to evaluate efficacy and safety of a mixture of non-digestible carbohydrates (NDC) as an adjunct to oral rehydration therapy in treatment of acute infectious diarrhea in children with mild to moderate dehydration.

Methods: 144 boys aged 1 to 36 months with diarrhea defined as three or more watery stools per day for >1 day but <5 days with mild or moderate dehydration (World Health Organization criteria) were randomly assigned to receive hypotonic oral rehydration solution (ORS) (Na 60 mmol/L, glucose 111 mmol/L) with or without a mixture of NDC (soy polysaccharide 25%, alpha-cellulose 9%, gum arabic 19%, fructooligosaccharides 18.5%, inulin 21.