CONCURRENT SESSION V  - MYTHBUSTERS

DISPELLING MYTHS IN CONSTIPATION
Carlo Di Lorenzo MD, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Learning objectives:
1. Discuss the concerns about the use of stimulant laxatives
2. Clarify the role of diet in the treatment of childhood constipation
3. Emphasize the role of abdominal radiographs in the evaluation of child with suspected constipation

DISPELLING MYTHS IN NUTRITION: PALEO OR GLUTEN FREE, ANYONE?
Praveen Goday MBBS, Medical College of Wisconsin
Learning objectives:
1. Understanding the facts and fallacies about various diets prescribed by pediatric gastroenterologists
2. Understanding the facts and fallacies about various diets not prescribed but frequently followed by our patients

DONOR SPECIFIC ANTIBODIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN PATIENTS WITH BLOOD T CELL MACROCHIMERISM: CORRELATION WITH INTESTINAL ALLOGRAFT REJECTION 
Mercedes Martinez1,5, Jianing Fu3, Peter Liou2, Steven Lobritto1, Julien Zuber4, Elizabeth Waffarn3, Monica Velasco2, Adam D Griesemer2, Jennifer M Vittorio1, Kristjana Frangaj3, Shilpa Ravella5, Brittany Shonts3, Suxiao Yang3, Bruice Levin6, Megan Sykes3,2,5, Tomoaki Kato2. 1Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 2Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 3Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 4Renal Transplant, Necker Hospital, Paris, France; 5Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; 6 Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

DISPELLING MYTHS IN FOOD ALLERGY TESTING
Carla Davis MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Learning objectives:
1. Contrast the pathophysiology of food allergies and intolerances
2. Understand how to use current testing to diagnose food allergies
3. Identify the most accurate tests for food allergy and associated disease
4. Evaluate efficacy and risks of food elimination diets for food allergic disease