Consensus Guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the Medical Management of Pediatric Crohn's Disease

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Title
Consensus Guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the Medical Management of Pediatric Crohn's Disease
Type of Article
Review Article - Enteral Nutrition
Diets studied
EEN
Date
October 1, 2014
Author(s)
Ruemmele FM et al
Publication
Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
Citation

Ruemmele, F. M., Veres, G., Kolho, K. L., Griffiths, A., Levine, A., Escher, J. C., Amil Dias, J., Barabino, A., Braegger, C. P., Bronsky, J., Buderus, S., Martín-de-Carpi, J., De Ridder, L., Fagerberg, U. L., Hugot, J. P., Kierkus, J., Kolacek, S., Koletzko, S., Lionetti, P., … Turner, D. (2014). Consensus guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the medical management of pediatric Crohn’s disease. Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis, 8(10), 1179–1207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crohns.2014.04.005

ISSN Number
1876-4479, 1873-9946
Volume
8
Pages
1179-1207

The aim was to base on a thorough review of existing evidence a state of the art guidance on the medical treatment and long term management of children and adolescents with CD, with individualized treatment algorithms based on a benefit-risk analysis according to different clinical scenarios. In children and adolescents who did not have finished their growth, exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is the induction therapy of first choice due to its excellent safety profile, preferable over corticosteroids, which are equipotential to induce remission.

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