Treating Abdominal Pain, Chronic Eating Problems & Other Disorders
Having a child suffer with abdominal pain, chronic eating problems, or other gastrointestinal disorders can be a very trying time for a parent. At 麻豆学生精品版 our pediatric gastrointestinal specialists will walk you through your child鈥檚 diagnosis and develop a comprehensive treatment plan. Our specialists work closely with parents and primary care providers, to become partners in your child's care and treatment.
Our patients include newborns to adolescents and we offer both inpatient and outpatient consultations. We specialize in treating children for common and complex gastrointestinal, liver, or growth disorders and provide nutritional support when necessary.
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A Relationship Created for the Best Pediatric Care
For pediatric specialty care, Intermountain Children's Health is affiliated with 麻豆学生精品版. U of U Health physicians see patients at , and at locations throughout the Salt Lake City valley.
It's a shared mission of providing health care, education, and research. It comes to life through collaboration on clinical care, research, and educational programs.
Primary Children's Hospital operates as the main pediatric facility for the U of U Health system, providing care in more than 60 medical and surgical specialties such as surgery, oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, and others. Most of the providers at Primary Children's Hospital are faculty members at U of U Health.
This partnership delivers care to advance pediatric medicine while educating future generations of health care professionals.
Conditions
Pediatric Clinical Nutrition Center
The Pediatric Clinical Nutrition Center (PCNC) is where you will meet pediatric gastroenterologists with special focus on nutrition. Our team will work with you and your primary care provider to:
- formulate a strategy for diagnosis and nutritional intervention
- guide any medical or surgical treatment,
- find resources and strategic referrals.
Most importantly, we want to be able to provide sustained follow-up on your child鈥檚 response and progress鈥攕o we have clinics four days a week intending to serve as a medical-nutritional home to optimize the nutrition and growth of your child.
Conditions Treated
Children we help have these conditions or challenges:
- Not gaining weight
- Cannot or do not eat enough
- Do not tolerate what they eat
- Depend on tube feeding (NG, NJ or gastrostomy)
- Have respiratory problems associated with their eating
- Have genetic, medical or surgical problems impairing their nutrition
- Have an inability to sustain normal weight gain
- Depend on intravenous nutrition(parenteral nutrition)
- Gaining weight too fast