David Vitale

BACKGROUND: Physiologic cholestasis is prevalent in preterm infants, occurring in ~15% of preterm births. Cholestasis causes poor neonatal growth and may progress to liver failure and death. Underlying causes of most cases are unknown…

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Acute pancreatitis (AP) increases the risk for development of diabetes mellitus (DM); Pre-DM/DM have significant comorbidites, making early recognition through prediction models critical…

Background and Objectives: Acute pancreatitis (AP) carries the risk of subsequent nutritional deficiencies. The prevalence of these deficiencies following a single episode of AP in children is unknown…

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is increasingly recognized as a risk factor for diabetes mellitus (DM) even after a single episode of AP. Observational studies in childhood AP are lacking but represent the ideal forum to develop risk models…