Gastroenterology
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The Pediatric Gastroenterology Clinic at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois evaluates, treats and manages all forms of gastrointestinal, liver, pancreas and nutrition conditions.
Our providers are trained in multiple subspecialties and collaborate with other specialists at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital to deliver multidisciplinary care. Our goal is to offer the best care to our patients through outpatient consultation, procedures, and inpatient care. The Digestive Disease Center at OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center – connected to OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital – is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.
OSF HealthCare participates in ImproveCareNow (ICN), a collaborative care network dedicated to optimizing care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. This network includes the top children’s hospitals across the U.S. We are the only center in downstate Illinois that participates in ICN. We have access to multiple research opportunities and protocols, including in esophageal diseases and allergic/eosinophilic GI conditions.
Procedures & Laboratory Studies | |
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Anorectal manometry | Esophageal manometry |
Bravo pH monitoring | Impedance/pH monitoring |
Capsule endoscopy | Lactose, fructose, and small bowel bacterial overgrowth breath testing |
Colonoscopy | Percutaneous liver biopsy |
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP | Suction rectal biopsy |
Endoscopic ultrasound | Upper GI endoscopy |
Conditions Treated | |
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Abdominal pain | GI bleeding |
Aero-digestive issues | Hepatitis |
Biliary atresia | Inflammatory bowel disease |
Constipation | Irritable bowel syndrome |
Crohn’s disease | Jaundice |
Diarrhea | Malabsorption syndromes |
Eosinophilic esophagitis | Pancreatitis and other pancreatic diseases |
Eosinophilic/allergic GI diseases | Peptic ulcer disease |
Feeding issues | Rare illnesses involving the GI tract |
Foreign body ingestion | Recurrent abdominal pain |
Gall bladder diseases | Short bowel syndrome/intestinal failure |
Gastroesophageal reflux disease | Ulcerative colitis |
Gastrointestinal bleeding | Vomiting |
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