Oxford Specialist Handbook of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

The Oxford Handbook of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition has been fully updated, with new chapters on transplantation, nutritional management, and liver function and biopsy to increase the breadth and depth of coverage of this range of closely related disciplines. Written by a team of experts at the top of their field, this handbook is a practical reference manual containing information on the day-to-day management of both rare and common conditions that are encountered by those who regularly see children with gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutritional problems.

Containing up-to-date information and clearly organised for ease of reference, management guidelines and references to key articles for further reading are included to make this handbook an invaluable resource for both established and trainee clinicians, as well as other members of multidisciplinary teams such as specialist nurses, dieticians, and pharmacists.

R Mark Beattie, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Honorary Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and University of Southampton, Southampton, UK,Anil Dhawan, Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology and Professor of Paediatric Hepatology, King's College London, London, UK,John WL Puntis, Consultant in Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds, UK,Akshay Batra, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK,Eirini Kyrana, Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds UK

Professor Beattie is a Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Honorary Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the University of Southampton. He was also the Editor in Chief of Archives of Disease in Childhood between 2012-2017, and the past President of the British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition.


Dr Puntis completed his undergraduate training in Southampton, followed by postgraduate training in Birmingham Children's Hospital. He was appointed consultant and moved to Yorkshire in 1990 as director of neonatal services. He developed a regional gastroenterology and nutrition service based at Leeds General Infirmary, where he is head of the multidisciplinary nutritional support team. He has a research interest in clinical nutrition, and has previously been a member of nutritional committees of the RCPCH and ESPGHAN.

Professor Dhawan is a consultant in paediatric hepatology with a special interest in liver cell transplantation, immunosuppression after liver transplantation, acute liver failure, and neonatal cholestasis. He qualified as a doctor in India, and has held appointments in the USA and the UK, and has board level appointments with the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Heptatology, and Nutrition; the International Liver Transplantation Society, and the Cell Transplantation Society. He is the Clinical Academic Group Leader for Child Health and King's Health Partners.

Dr Batra was trained in paediatrics and specialised in paediatric gastroenterology at Birmingham Children's Hospital, and has been working as a consultant at Southampton Hospital sicne 2011. He looks after children with a broad range of gastrointestinal conditions, but has a special interest in infant nutrition and gut motility disorders, and is part of a national motility working group with BSPGHAN.
He currently leads the nutritional support services for children at Southampton Hospital, facilitating nutritional rehabilitation of children.

Dr Kyrana is a paediatric hepatologist with a strong interest in nutrition and metabolism in paediatric chronic liver disease. Her training in paediatric hepatology, gastroenterology and nutrition was at King's College Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. She holds a diploma in paediatric nutrition (RCPCH) and an MDRes in paediatric hepatology, looking at body composition and metabolic profiles of children with end stage liver disease (King's College London). She is currently a Consultant in Paediatric Hepatology at the paediatric liver unit at Leeds General Infirmary.

1. Congenital abnormalities of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Mike Stanton
2. Growth and nutritional requirements, John Puntis
3. Nutritional assessment, John Puntis
4. Breast feeding, John Puntis
5. Formula and complementary feeding, John Puntis
6. The premature newborn, John Puntis
7. Necrotising enterocolitis, John Puntis
8. Growth faltering (failure to thrive), John Puntis
9. Iron deficiency, John Puntis
10. Micronutrients and minerals, John Puntis
11. Nutrition support teams, Akshay Batra and John Puntis
12. Enteral nutrition, Akshay Batra and John Puntis
13. Malnutrition and refeeding syndrome, Akshay Batra and John Puntis
14. Parenteral nutrition, Akshay Batra and John Puntis
15. Intestinal failure, Akshay Batra and John Puntis
16. Intestinal transplantation, Jonathan Hind
17. Eating disorders, John Puntis
18. Difficult eating behaviours in the young child, John Puntis
19. Food allergy, John Puntis
20. Carbohydrate intolerance, John Puntis
21. Nutritional problems in children with neurodisability, John Puntis
22. Obesity, John Puntis
23. Gastrointestinal manifestations of cystic fibrosis, Mark Beattie
24. Nutritional management of cystic fibrosis, Nicky Heather
25. Cystic fibrosis-associated liver disease, Eirini Kyrana and Anil Dhawan
26. Vomiting, Akshay Batra and Mark Beattie
27. Achalasia, Mike Stanton
28. Acute gastroenteritis, Anthony Wiskin
29. Gastro-oesophageal reflux, Akshay Batra and Mark Beattie
30. Heliobacter pylori infection and peptic ulcer disease, Mark Beattie
31. Cyclical vomiting syndrome, Mark Beattie
32. Pyloric stenosis, Mike Stanton
33. Gastrointestinal endoscopy, Ronald Bremner
34. Gastrointestinal bleeding, Lucy Howarth and Mark Beattie
35. Gastrointestinal polyposis, Mark Beattie
36. Intractable diarrhoea of infancy, Anthony Wiskin and Mark Beattie
37. Chronic diarrhoea, Anthony Wiskin and Mark Beattie
38. Coeliac disease, Akshay Batra
39. Nutritional management of coeliac disease, Nicky Heather
40. Bacterial overgrowth, Mark Beattie
41. Acute abdominal pain, Mark Beattie and Mike Stanton
42. Recurrent abdominal pain, Mark Tighe and Mark Beattie
43. Chronic constipation, Mark Beattie
44. Perianal disorders, Akshay Batra and Mark Beattie
45. Inflammatory bowel disease introduction, Akshay Batra and Mark Beattie
46. Crohn's disease, Akshay Batra and Mark Beattie
47. Nutritional mangement of Crohn's disease, Nicky Heather
48. Ulcerative colitis, Akshay Batra and Mark Beattie
49. Eosinophilic disorders in childhood, Mark Beattie and Mich Lajeunesse
50. The pancreas, Tassos Grammatikopoulos
51. Liver function tests, Eirini Kyrana
52. Liver biopsy, Lily Martin
53. Neonatal jaundice, Eirini Kyrana and Nancy Tan
54. Biliary atresia, Dino Hadzic
55. Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, Dino Hadzic
56. Alagille syndrome, Alastair Baker
57. Familial and inherited intrahepatic cholestatic syndrome, Alastair Baker
58. Drug induced liver injury, Rob Hegarty and Fevronia Kiparissi
59. Autoimmune liver disease, Giorgina Vergani and Marianne Samyn
60. Metabolic disease, Rob Hegarty and Tassos Grammatikopoulos
61. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Emer Fitzpatrick
62. Wilson's disease, Stuart Tanner
63. Hepatitis B, Sanjay Bansal
64. Hepatitis C, Sanjay Bansal
65. Bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections of the liver, Anita Verma
66. Liver tumours, Marianne Samyn
67. Complications of chronic liver disease, Naresh P Shanmugam and Dharam Basude
68. Nutritional management of liver disease, Sara Mancell and Deepa Kamat
69. Acute liver failure, Naresh P Shanmugam and Sanjay Bansal
70. Portal hypertension, Tassos Grammatikopoulos
71. Liver transplantation, Van Jain and Stephen Mouat