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Performance of Fecal Leucocyte Test in Predicting Infection in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Children
Get PDFHelicobacter Pylori Infection in Children with Recurrent Abdominal Pain
Get PDFRecurrent abdominal pain (RAP) is a very common presenting complaint in pediatric population. There is still a debate regarding the role of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection as an etiology of RAP. Typically, the inflammatory process in the gastric mucosa of infected individuals is chronic gastritis. Serologic and histologic examination are widely used for the diagnosis. This study was aimed to determine the role of H. pylori infection in Indonesian children with RAP. The presence of serum IgG antibody to H. pylori and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy were performed on the 101 children with RAP. Mucosal biopsies were obtained for histologic analysis. The prevalence of H. pylori infection indicated by serology was 32.7% and by histology was 27.7%. Histologic evidence of gastritis was present in 94.1% children and 45% of them had chronic atrophic and active gastritis. Seventy percent children with H. pylori positive were found abnormal through endoscopy and all of the infected children were revealed abnormal through histological examination. Forty eight percent of seropositive children were found H. pylori positive and 80% of seronegative's children were found to be H. pylori negative through histologic examination. Conclusion: H. pylori infection can be a cause of RAP in children. Work up for H. pylori infection should be performed when symptoms are suggestive of organic disease. Larger prospective studies are needed to be performed for a longer time of period to clarify this issue
Gastroesophageal reflux in children
No full textGastroesophageal reflux (GER) is the passage of gastric contents into the esophagus and is a normal physiologic process occurring several times per day in healthy individuals. In older children and adolescents, history and physical examination may be sufficient to diagnose gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
Endoscopically-visible breaks in the distal esophageal mucosa are the most reliable evidence of reflux esophagitis. Esophageal pH monitoring quantitatively measures esophageal acid exposure. Combined multiple intraluminal impedance and pH monitoring (MII-pH) measures acidic, weakly acidic, non-acidic and gas reflux episodes. MII-pH is superior to pH monitoring alone for evaluation of the temporal relationship between symptoms and GERER. Barium contrast radiography is not useful for the GERERD diagnosis, but may be used to detect anatomic abnormalities. Parental education, guidance, and support are always required and usually sufficient to manage healthy, thriving infants with symptoms likely due to physiologic GERER. Use of a thickened, commercially available anti-regurgitation formula by preference, may decrease visible regurgitation. Buffering agents, alginate and sucralfate, can be beneficial if used as needed for occasional heartburn. Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) are superior to histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs)
Infeksi Helicobacter Pylori pada Anak
No full textHelicobacter pylori (H. pylori) berkolonisasi di dalam lambung manusia, terutama pada
anak. Infeksi H. pylori pada umumnya asimtomatis. Vacuolating cytotoxin A (Vac A) dan
cytotoxic-associated gene A (CagA) merupakan faktor virulensi yang dihubungkan dengan
manifestasi klinis yang berbeda. Kejadian infeksi ini sangat tinggi di negara berkembang
yang dihubungkan dengan kondisi sosial ekonomi dan kebersihan lingkungan. Biakan
biopsi jaringan lambung merupakan uji diagnostik baku emas terhadap infeksi H. pylori.
Uji urea napas sangat berguna untuk mengevaluasi eradikasi. Tingkat sensitivitas dan
spesifisitas pada uji serologi rendah pada masa anak-anak, sedangkan terapi eradikasi
yang direkomendasi saat ini terdiri dari proton pump inhibitors (PPI) yang dikombinasi
dengan 2 jenis antibiotik (klaritromisin, amoksisilin atau metronidazol)
Evaluation of the Knowledge and Behavior of Indonesian Mothers about Infantile Colic
Get PDFIntroduction: Infantile colic is a functional gastrointestinal disorder (GSCF) found in 20-30% of infants aged 5 months which is characterized by recurrent prolonged periods of infant irritability, fussing, or crying without obvious cause and cannot be prevented or resolved by parents. Infantile colic is often associated with higher mothers depression and lower quality of life. Mothers' knowledge and behavior of infantile colic varies greatly. This research to investigate the knowledge and behavior of Indonesian mothers regarding infantile colic and related factor
Methods: A cross-sectional analytic observational study with the target of 100 mothers with babies aged 0-12 months was performed using an electronic questionnaire in Google forms. The questionnaire consists of multiple-choice questions regarding the mothers' knowledge and behavioral to infantile colic.
Results: As many as 82% of mothers understand that infantile colic as recurrent prolonged periods of crying that occur without obvious cause and cannot be prevented or resolved by parents, however only 12% of mothers know that most infantile colic will disappear by the age of 5 months. Forty percent mothers had babies with infantile colic; 97.5% of them were worried about their baby's condition and 7.5% of the mothers gave them medication. There was no significant difference between mothers' age and number of children with inadequate mother-infant interaction (P = 0.770 and P = 0.647)
Conclusion: The knowledge and behavior of mothers in Indonesia regarding infantile colic is quite good, however parental reassurance still needs to be improved, especially to reduce maternal anxiety
Performance of Fecal Leicocyte Test in Predicting Infection in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Children
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Proton Pump Inhibitors Therapy in Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux
Get PDFProton pump inhibitors (PPI) has been widely used by clinicians to treat diseases that require suppression of gastric acid. PPI work by inhibiting the proton pump in gastric parietal cells.In adult patients, PPI hasbeen widely studied and showed effective results and safe. This result make PPI positioning as the first choice medicine in the treatment of diseases that require suppression of gastric acid. As the primary choice therapy, PPI administration has been increased not only in adults but also in children.PPI is often administered to children with a diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) which defined as symptoms or complications caused by gastroesophageal reflux (GER). GERD diagnosis in children is quite difficult, so it is common to find that diagnosis is established only by the basis of clinical symptoms, resulting in overdiagnosis and over-treatment of GERD. The use of PPI in children still needs further study andcan not be inferred based on adult studies. Inappropropriate PPI prescription without indication will increase side effect, risk and also harm the children. Thus, it is important to know the indications, side effects and safety of PPI therapy in children
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