title: Management of children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease.
abstract: The management of children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease requires all the skills offered by the health care team. This article reviews the principles of therapy, the specifics of therapy, and the attitudes of the authors relating to long-term management of these patients. Specific recommendations relating to nutritional support for patients are also made. A pertinent updated bibliography is also given.
authors.affiliation: Division of Education, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Michener
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wyllie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000188:drug therapy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition