The Kroh Center for Digestive Disorders
The Kroh Center for Digestive Disorders at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center is a multidisciplinary service for the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal disorders. The Center diagnoses and treats diseases of the gastrointestinal tract such as the esophagus (food pipe), stomach, small intestine, colon, pancreas, gall bladder and liver.
The Center can assist patients with information or provide a referral for a variety of concerns such as:
- Functional bowel disorders (constipation, incontinence, spastic colon, irritable bowel syndrome)
- Eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia, indigestion)
- Gallbladder disease
- Liver disease
- Nutritional assessment and dietary management
- Stress management
- Ulcers, hiatal hernia, esophageal reflux disease
- Screening for colon cancer and polyps
- Children with digestive disorders
The Center provides the most current diagnostic equipment for:
- Diagnostic/therapeutic endoscopic procedures
- Biliary tract disorders/endoscopic procedures
- Feeding gastrostomies
- Esophageal and rectal manometrics with operant conditioning
- 24 hour pH probe for evaluation of atypical chest pain and reflux
- Diagnosis of lactose and lactulose intolerance
- Breath test to determine transit time and presence of Helicobacter pylori
- Stoma services
- Liver biopsy, ascites taps, central lines for TPN
- Endoscopic ultrasound
- Remicade Infusion
- Esophageal and Small bowel visualization utilizing capsule endoscopy technology
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