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Pediatric GI Emergencies

A comprehensive, time-critical curriculum covering the recognition and initial management of gastrointestinal emergencies in children — from GI bleeding and intussusception to malrotation, caustic and button-battery ingestion, acute liver failure, severe colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and the acute abdomen.

Lessons

Hours

CME

Questions

Learning Objectives

Recognize and initially resuscitate a child with acute upper or lower GI bleeding, tailoring the differential diagnosis to age

Diagnose and manage intussusception and malrotation with midgut volvulus as time-critical surgical emergencies

Apply a time-critical management approach to caustic ingestion and impacted foreign bodies, especially button batteries

Identify pediatric acute liver failure early, initiate stabilization, and determine transfer criteria to a transplant center

Escalate severe acute colitis and recognize toxic megacolon in pediatric IBD using a multidisciplinary, guideline-based approach

Distinguish necrotizing enterocolitis and its late presentations from other causes of the acute abdomen in children

Pediatric GI Emergencies

Lessons

Hours

CME

Questions

Learning Objectives

Recognize and initially resuscitate a child with acute upper or lower GI bleeding, tailoring the differential diagnosis to age

Diagnose and manage intussusception and malrotation with midgut volvulus as time-critical surgical emergencies

Apply a time-critical management approach to caustic ingestion and impacted foreign bodies, especially button batteries

Identify pediatric acute liver failure early, initiate stabilization, and determine transfer criteria to a transplant center

Escalate severe acute colitis and recognize toxic megacolon in pediatric IBD using a multidisciplinary, guideline-based approach

Distinguish necrotizing enterocolitis and its late presentations from other causes of the acute abdomen in children

Pediatric GI Emergencies

Learning Objectives

Approach to the Child with Acute GI Bleeding: Recognition and Resuscitation

Upper GI Bleeding: Causes by Age — Neonate, Infant, and Older Child

Upper GI Bleeding: Resuscitation Principles and Timing of Endoscopy

Lower GI Bleeding: Meckel Diverticulum and the Technetium Scan

Lower GI Bleeding: Juvenile Polyps, Infectious Colitis, and Allergic Proctocolitis

Intussusception: Presentation and Ultrasound Diagnosis

Intussusception: Reduction vs Surgery and Recurrence

Malrotation with Midgut Volvulus: A Neonatal Surgical Emergency

Caustic Ingestion in Children

Impacted Esophageal/Gastric Foreign Bodies and Button Batteries

Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Recognition and Stabilization

Severe Acute Colitis and Toxic Megacolon in Pediatric IBD

Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Recognition in the Ex-Preterm Infant

Acute Abdomen in Children: Appendicitis and Surgical Red Flags

Pediatric GI Emergencies

Learning Objectives

Approach to the Child with Acute GI Bleeding: Recognition and Resuscitation

Upper GI Bleeding: Causes by Age — Neonate, Infant, and Older Child

Upper GI Bleeding: Resuscitation Principles and Timing of Endoscopy

Lower GI Bleeding: Meckel Diverticulum and the Technetium Scan

Lower GI Bleeding: Juvenile Polyps, Infectious Colitis, and Allergic Proctocolitis

Intussusception: Presentation and Ultrasound Diagnosis

Intussusception: Reduction vs Surgery and Recurrence

Malrotation with Midgut Volvulus: A Neonatal Surgical Emergency

Caustic Ingestion in Children

Impacted Esophageal/Gastric Foreign Bodies and Button Batteries

Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Recognition and Stabilization

Severe Acute Colitis and Toxic Megacolon in Pediatric IBD

Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Recognition in the Ex-Preterm Infant

Acute Abdomen in Children: Appendicitis and Surgical Red Flags