[Children's gastroenterology--present and future].

Diseases of digestive organs at children are similar to adults, but have their own specifics. Disease pattern is not well-defined for the following reasons: children of early age can not accurately describe their complaints; incomplete development of digestive and other body systems, birth defects and abnormal developments. All the above are elements which show the complexity of the children's gastroenterology. The main aims of the children's gastroenterology which are raised in this article are early diagnostics, prescription of appropriate treatment and maintenance of follow-up care in compliance with modern tendencies in medical science. Adult and children's gastroenterology look like two sides of one rapid river. To build the bridge between them and to arrange the succession between children and adult diseases is the aim of modern gastroenterologists.