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Listen to the following ESPGHAN Spotify Podcast link where Prof Thomson discusses interventional endoscopy with Dr. Alex Knisely. https://open.spotify.com/episode/79q4PmKA1WfPGxmVDnjdCX ‘Dr. Alex Knisely is talking today to Dr. Mike Thomson of Sheffield (England), a gastroenterologist whose true love is endoscopy – interventional endoscopy. Mike has contributed substantially to systematising approaches to…
Read full articleThe North American and European Societies of Paediatric Gastroenterology are aware of the recent FDA statement about Ranitidine and in particular the over the counter preparation made by one manufacturer. The societies have been in conversation with the FDA which is the drug regulation authority in the United States and…
Read full articleProfessor Mike Thomson took part in a Live Facebook Question and Answer session in association with London Medical Concierge. Watch the video here.
Read full articleI have just published an article in Nature reviews of gastroenterology and hepatology which examines the need for endoscopy in children, including upper GI endoscopy and ileo-colonoscopy. The diagnostic positive yield, or another way of putting it is the number of children who have endoscopy in whom positive results are…
Read full articleQuite often we see gastroenteritis which then leads to a child’s gut being sensitised to various proteins such as cow’s milk protein, wheat protein, soya protein, egg protein or others and this can cause an irritable bowel syndrome-type picture in a child with crampy abdominal pain and what we call…
Read full articleI’ve just been awarded a chair in Paediatric Gastroenterology which makes me now a Professor, which is a very great honour. This doesn’t change the way I practice medicine but is just a recognition of many years if academic work. It is something which is peer-reviewed and I am delighted…
Read full articleWe ran the European Endoscopy Paediatric Summer School in Sheffield last week and we had people from 25 different countries coming to train with us from as far a field as Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, United States, Hong Kong and Singapore and it was a fantastic experience for all concerned.…
Read full articleAfzal NA – Clinical Research Fellow & Honorary Specialist Registrar in Paediatric Gastroenterology University College of London, Royal Free & Chelsae and Westminister Hospitals Thomson MA – Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer Royal Free Hospital and University College of London Constipation and Hirschsprung’s disease Normal bowel patterns are very variable…
Read full articleArticle written by Mr Thompson Introduction: Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) is a symptom not a disease and refers to the involuntary retrograde flow of gastric contents into the oesophagus. It is present in the majority of infants and is illustrated by a spectrum from occasional physiological reflux through to the infant…
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