Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

In this presentation you will learn about: 
  • The impact that IBD has on children and their caregivers in Canada
  • What are the differences between child and adult patients?
  • Why are microbes, or "gut bugs", in young Crohn's and colitis patients so important for determining causes of these diseases?
  • Which risk factors have greater impact on children? 

Speaker: 

Dr. Nicholas Carman is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. He is a staff Paediatric Gastroenterologist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and CHEO IBD Centre.

He is the Director of Advanced Diagnostics and Therepeutics, and the Director of Endoscopic Services. Dr. Carman's research interests involve predominantly clinical research in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and is an academic member of the Future Leaders of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

He is also a GRADE and guideline methodologist for the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG), and has a special interest in Endoscopic assessment and outcomes for patients with IBD.
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  • Canada has among the highest incidence rates of Crohn's and colitis in the world.
  • 1 in 140 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis.
  • Families new to Canada are developing these diseases for the first time.
  • Incidence of Crohn’s in Canadian kids under 10 has doubled since 1995.
  • People are most commonly diagnosed before age 30.

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