CONCURRENT SESSION II - FUNCTIONAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

UPDATES ON FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA
Adrian Miranda MD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Learning objectives:
1. Review diagnostic criteria for functional dyspepsia in children and its relevance to clinical practice
2. Understand potential targets for therapy
3. Review the evidence to support common treatment options

DUODENAL EXPRESSION OF SODIUM VOLTAGE?GATED CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT 3 (SCN3A) AND PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 GROUP B1 (PLA2-GB1) IS INCREASED IN CHILDREN WITH FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA AND A LOWER PAIN BURDEN. 
Jasmeet Mokha1, Fabiola Balarezo2, Jeffrey Hyams1, Erin Young3. 1Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition , Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA; 2Pathology, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA; 3School of Nursing and Gen. Dev. Biology, University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center, Farmington, CT, USA.

FUNCTIONAL GI DISORDERS: SHARING THE DIAGNOSIS AND CREATING A SUCCESSFULPATIENT/PHYSICIAN ALLIANCE
Julie Snyder PsyD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Learning objectives:
Upon completion of this session, the learner will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to utilize specific language, reflection, and other communication skills in order to establish rapport, validate symptoms, and increase compliance with a recommended multidisciplinary treatment approach
2. Integrate the use of metaphors to describe and to explain a functional gastrointestinal diagnosis

ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELLS FROM EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS PATIENTS EXPRESS A NON? GASTRIC PROTON PUMP, AND THEIR TH2 CYTOKINE-STIMULATED SECRETION OF EOTAXIN-3 CAN BE BLOCKED BY A POTASSIUM-COMPETITIVE ACID BLOCKER AND A HISTMAINE H2-RECEPTORANTAGONIST.
Eunice Odiase, Xi Zhang, Xiaofang Huo, Qiuyang Zhang, Stuart Spechler, Rhonda Souza. Center for Esophageal Research, Department of Gastroenterology, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas, TX, USA.