Sydney · Australia
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Service
The Children's Hospital at Westmead runs a multidisciplinary IBD Service for children, with IBD specialists, IBD nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, psychologists, child life therapists, surgeons and stomal therapists. A gastroenterologist-led IBD clinic runs weekly alongside a paediatric IBD dietitian clinic offering exclusive enteral nutrition and the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet. An IBD nurse helpline gives flare advice on weekdays, with a published flare management plan.
What this unit is strong at
- ibd nurse helpline for flare advice, monday to friday 9am–4pm
- after-hours urgent flare advice from the on-call gastroenterologist, weekdays 4–8pm
- paediatric ibd dietitian clinic: exclusive enteral nutrition and crohn's disease exclusion diet
- published mild / moderate / severe flare management plan
- ibd flare clinic appointments for moderate flares
Services
Where this came from
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