Gastroenterology and Nutrition: Neonatology Questions and Controversies: Expert Consult - Online and Print (Neonatology: Questions and Controversies)

Hardcover - 430 pages

This exciting new reference brings you information about the most controversial gastroenterology and nutrition
challenges you face in your practice. The book confidently tackles these subjects and gives seasoned advice on the
latest diagnostic and treatment strategies using evidence-based medicine wherever possible. It gives you the latest
information you need to keep pace with the fast-paced, dynamic environment of neonatology.


?Addresses controversial topics head on, so you can decide how to handle these difficult practice issues.

?Serves as the bridge between the latest cutting-edge research and its application to clinical practice.

?Assembles a world-class group of neonatologists, representing the true leaders of the specialty, to ensure the most
authoritative content available.


Table of Contents
Section 1: Scientific Overview and Developmental Perspectives


1.Gastrointestinal Development: Morphogenesis and Molecular Mechanisms


2. Deitary Regulation of Gene Expression


3. The Exocrine Pancreas


Stev4. Innate Immunity and Epithelial Biology: Special Considerations in the Neonatal Gut


5. The intestinal Microbiota and the Microbiome


6. Intestinal Barrier Function: Implications For the Neonate and Beyond


7. Intestine as a Neuroendocrine organ


8. Trophic Factors In the Neonatal Gastrointestinal Tract


Do9. Cholestasis in Neonates and Infants



Section 2: Nutrition


10. Regulation of Protein Synthesis and Proteolysis in the Neonate by Feeding Tracy

11. Non-Invasive Techniques to Monitor Nutrition in Neonates


12. Nutritional Requirements of the Very Low Birthweight Infant


13. Controversies in Neonatal Nutrition: Macro and Micronutrients 14. Diverse Roles of Lipids in Neonatal Physiology
and Development



Section 3: Select Clinical Entities


15. Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Care and Prevention

16. Short Bowel Syndrome


17. Adult Consequences of Neonatal and Fetal Nutrition: Mechanisms


18. Short Bowel Syndrome and Intestinal Tissue Engineering