Nutrition

The Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition serves infants, children, and adolescents who have all types of gastrointestinal and nutritional disorders. These disorders include abdominal pain, inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis, chronic liver disorders, malabsorptive disorders, and feeding disorders. Comprehensive outpatient and inpatient services are available for evaluation, diagnosis, and management of routine and complex gastroenterologic disorders. These services are enhanced by an integrated cooperative program including nutritionists, family services, and psychologists.

The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children also offers a Gastroenterology & Nutrition Fellowship Program.

Services Available:

All routine upper and lower endoscopic procedures (esophagogastroduodenoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy)
Esophageal motility testing
Anorectal manometry
Antroduodenal motility studies
Breath hydrogen testing
Therapeutic endoscopy
Gastrostomy placement
Control of bleeding

Typical Diagnoses/Problems:

Abdominal pain
Nausea/vomiting/dyspepsia
Diarrhea - acute and chronic
Inflammatory bowel diseases
Celiac disease
Short gut syndrome
Chronic liver disease
Failure to thrive
Total parental nutrition
Malabsorptive disorders
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Gastroesophageal reflux
Pancreatitis

Additional Resources:

The Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition provides patients and their families with a variety of educational materials and also refers patients and families to appropriate support groups and outside information sources such as:

American Celiac Society and Dietary Support Coalition
58 Musano Court
W. Orange, NJ 07052
(201) 325-8837
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6931 Arlington Road
Bethesda, MD 20814
(800) 344-4823
Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America
444 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016
(800) 932-2423
American Liver Foundation
1425 Pompton Ave.
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
(800) 223-0179