Complex Care Protocols Help Most Intestinal Failure Patients Avoid Transplant Surgery

A multifaceted strategy that includes lipid-minimizing therapy and ethanol lock protocols allows patients with intestinal failure to avoid transplant surgery in most cases. The strategy is effective even in patients with small bowels as short as 15-20 cm.

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Bezerra Named Director of Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Jorge Bezerra, MD, comes to the leadership role with 25 years of research and clinical care experience at Cincinnati Children's.

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New Drug Approval Reflects Decades of Effort

FDA approval caps two-decade journey for Cholbam creators.

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E-Visit Pilot Program Aims to Improve Patient Care, Remission Rates

Could e-visits improve clinical outcomes for patients with inflammatory bowel disease? A pilot program at the Schubert Martin Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center aims to find out.

Research Study Establishes Possible Genetic Marker for Steatohepatits

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's have published a study that establishes a connection between the protein augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) and the pathogenesis of steatohepatitis.

Two Organ-in-a-Dish Projects Show Promise

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's generate functional stomach tissue in the lab and coax intestinal organoids to grow in mice.

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Join us in Cincinnati for the 2015 SPLIT Annual Meeting!

The 2015 Studies in Pediatric Liver Transplantation (SPLIT) Annual conference, hosted by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, will be September 24 - 25, 2015, at the Westin, downtown Cincinnati. Featuring Dr. Jean Emond from New York-Presbyterian/Columbia and Dr. Sandy Feng from the University of California San Francisco, this conference will focus on Outcomes, Allocation and Preoperative Challenges, Improving Quality of Care and much more.