Probiotics in Pediatric Medicine provides clinicians a tool to understand thecurrent evidence for the role of probiotics in various pediatric disorders related to the gastrointestinal as well as the extra-intestinal tract. This bookprovides evidence-based up-to-date information from world experts in their fields to help clinicians make decisions regarding the use of probiotics. A listof resources, web sites, and references relevant to probiotics can be found in the appendix. Currently, the market for probiotics continues to rely heavilyon health claims made by manufacturers and retailers. Clinicians have the sole responsibility to understand the various strains and preparations commercially available and to advise patients accordingly. Probiotics in Pediatric Medicine is an indispensable tool and a critical resource for health professionals that will aid in enhancing their ability to make the appropriate decisions regarding the use of probiotics. Evidence based up-to-date information from probiotic experts in the field Provides a list of resources, web sites, and references relevant to probiotics International contributors are experts in their fields INDICE: From the contents Basics of GI Physiology and Mucosal Immunology.-What Pediatricians Need To Know About the Analysis of the Gut Microbiota.- Role of Microflora in Disease.- Probiotics 10.- Mechanisms of Probiotic Regulation of Host Homeostasis.- Safety Issues of Probiotic Ingestion.- Neonatal and Infant Microflora.- Probiotics in Infant Dietetics.- Necrotizing Enterocolitis – The Role of Probiotics in Prevention.- Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- The Role of Probiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Infectious Diarrhoea in Children.- Probiotics in Crohn’s Disease.- Probiotics in Ulcerative Colitis.- Pouchitis.- Probiotics in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Clostridium Difficile Infection.
- ISBN: 978-1-60327-288-9
- Editorial: Humana
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 380
- Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés