Pediatrics News 2024
PedCom Update December 2024
We are pleased to see that more pediatric gastroenterologists are stepping up to become trainers. We encourage any pediatric gastroenterologists who have completed IBUS IUS training and are actively performing IUS, have done so for more than 1 year and are performing 10 or more IUS a week to apply to become trainers. Further criteria and assessments for trainers are being developed with EduCom and ColCom.
From a research perspective, the retrospective manuscript on what is a normal bowel wall thickness of a healed mucosa in children with Crohn's disease with normal colonoscopy and/or MRE has now been submitted and is under review.
We have also just launched our retrospective review of IUS in children admitted with acute severe ulcerative colitis. If you have patients to contribute, please contact one of the PedCom committee members or Chair for more information.
We are also excited to announce the first PedCom webinar coming up in January on discussing normal and abnormal bowel wall thickness in children with IBD. More information will follow soon!
PedCom Update October 2024
As per the previous newsletter, as we increasingly have more pediatric gastroenterologists completing IBUS Module 1 there is a huge need for Module 2 training in centres that do pediatric IUS.
We continue to encourage pediatric gastroenterologists who are actively performing IUS, have done so for more than 1 year and are performing 10 or more IUS a week to apply to become trainers. Criteria and assessments for trainers are being developed. From a research perspective, the retrospective manuscript on what is a normal bowel wall thickness of a healed mucosa in children with Crohn's disease with normal colonoscopy and/or MRE has now been submitted.
We have just launched our retrospective review of IUS in children admitted with acute severe ulcerative colitis. If you have patients to contribute, please contact one of the PedCom committee members or chair for more information.
PedCom Update March 2024
PedCom has recently elected our 5th member Katarina Mitrova from the Czech Republic who has over 10 years of experience in doing IUS. In terms of IUS training, we increasingly have more pediatric gastroenterologists completing IBUS Module 1, there is a huge need for Module 2 training in centers that do pediatric IUS. We continue to encourage pediatric gastroenterologists who are actively performing IUS and have done so for more than 1 year and performing 20 or more IUS a week to apply to become trainers. From a research perspective, we are drafting a retrospective manuscript on what is a normal bowel wall thickness of a healed mucosa in children with Crohn's disease with normal colonoscopy and/or MRE. We are also actively seeking for funding for a multicentre prospective study in IUS in those with pediatric Crohn's disease.