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European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Syllabus for Subspecialty Training: Moving Towards a European Standard

The requirements for and conditions of subspecialty training in paediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition (PGHN) are rather variable across European countries. The European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) agreed on a training syllabus aimed to foster a harmonised European PGHN curriculum and to support national PGHN societies and governmental bodies to promote and establish high-quality training programmes and levels of certification in...

Consensus guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the medical management of pediatric Crohn's disease

Children and adolescents with Crohn's disease (CD) present often with a more complicated disease course compared to adult patients. In addition, the potential impact of CD on growth, pubertal and emotional development of patients underlines the need for a specific management strategy of pediatric-onset CD. To develop the first evidenced based and consensus driven guidelines for pediatric-onset CD an expert panel of 33 IBD specialists was formed after an open call within the European Crohn's a...

Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in children: Results of an Italian multicenter observational study

Background: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy is the preferred way to achieve an artificial feeding route for patients requiring long-term enteral nutrition. Although the procedure is well-standardized, it carries early and late complications. Aim: To establish the mortality and morbidity of this technique in a large cohort of children. Methods: A multi-centre prospective clinical data collection from children undergoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube implantation has been conduct...