APPSPGHAN 2022

Itaru Iwama

Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama

Japan

Education
1996-2002 Saga Medical University: School of Medicine

Work Experience

2002-2005 Pediatric Residency at Okinawa Chubu Hospital
2005-2007 Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Hepatology Residency at Saitama Children’s Medical Center
2007-2011 Full-time pediatrician at Okinawa Chubu Hospital
2017- Chief of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Saitama Children's Medical Center

Qualifications

Qualified Medical Doctor (Ministry of Health, Japan, 2002)
Qualified Pediatrician (Japanese Pediatric Society, 2006)
Qualified Gatroenterologist (The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology, 2015)
Qualified Gastroenterological Endoscopist (Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, 2017)

Typical OGDS findings for paediatric GI disease

Endoscopy Workshop

12 October 2022 (0800-1700) @ Sipadan Hall 1

Endoscopic Findings of Upper Gastrointestinal Disease in Children Pediatric upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is essentially performed on symptomatic patients, unlike in adults, where the primary purpose is to screen for malignant disease. Typical indications for upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in children are acute epigastric or right upper quadrant pain, hematemesis or melena, dysphagia or odynophagia, caustic ingestion or foreign-body ingestion and recurrent vomiting. On the day of the lecture, endoscopic findings will be explained with a focus on the following diseases Esophageal diseases: reflux esophagitis, eosinophilic esophagitis, esophageal varices, esophageal achalasia, congenital esophageal stricture Gastric diseases: gastric ulcer, chronic gastritis (H.pylori infection), gastric tumor, Menetrier's disease Duodenal diseases: duodenal ulcer, Crohn's disease

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