Current diagnosis & treatment in gastroenterology / edited by Scott L. Friedman, Kenneth R. McQuaid, James H. Grendell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grendell, James H.

McQuaid, Kenneth R.

Friedman, Scott L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gastroenterology.

Gastrointestinal system--Diseases.

Gastrointestinal system.

Gastrointestinal Diseases.

Medical Subjects:

Gastroenterology.

Gastrointestinal Diseases.

Physical Description:

xv, 867 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

Current diagnosis and treatment in gastroenterology

Diagnosis and treatment in gastroenterology

Place of Publication:

New York : Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, [2003]

Summary:

This easy-to-use, multipurpose resource is the ideal first stop for answers -- for those in practice, on the wards, teaching, or preparing for boards. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment in Gastroenterology offers brief but expert and up-to-date coverage of gastro-intestinal, biliary, hepatic, and pancreatic diseases. With its consistent formatting chapter by chapter, this text makes it simple to locate the practical information you need on diagnosis, testing, disease processes, and up-to-date treatment and management strategies.

Contents:

Section I. General Approach to Gastrointestinal Diseases 1

1. Approach to the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disorders / David J. Kearney, MD 1

2. AIDS & the Gastrointestinal Tract / C. Mel Wilcox, MD 34

3. Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Rome Jutabha, MD, Dennis M. Jensen, MD 53

4. Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Thomas J. Savides, MD, Dennis M. Jensen, MD 70

5. Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding / Don C. Rockey, MD 83

6. Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders / Nicholas J. Talley, MD, PhD 97

7. Inflammatory Bowel Disease / Thomas A. Judge, MD, Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD 108

8. Acute Diarrheal Diseases / Edward Lung, MD 131

9. Mesenteric Vascular Disease / Lawrence J. Brandt, MD 151

10. Miscellaneous Diseases of the Peritoneum & Mesentery / Tya-Mae Y. Julien, MD 166

11. Gastrointestinal Complications of Pregnancy / Natalie H. Bzowej, MD, PhD 177

12. Nutritional Disorders & Their Treatment in Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract / James S. Scolapio, MD 192

13. Minimally Invasive Surgery for Gastrointestinal Diseases / Lyn Knoblock, MD, Sean J. Mulvihill, MD 201

14. Imaging Studies in Gastrointestinal & Liver Diseases / Judy Yee, MD, Raymond Thornton, MD 213

15. Endoscopic Management of Biliary & Pancreatic Diseases / Timothy P. Kinney, MD, Richard A. Kozarek, MD 251

Section II. Esophageal Diseases 266

16. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease & Its Complications / Stuart Jon Spechler, MD 266

17. Esophageal Motility Disorders & Noncardiac Chest Pain / Kavita Kongara, MD, Edy Soffer, MD 283

18. Esophageal Tumors / James C. Chou, MD, Frank G. Gress, MD 299

19. Miscellaneous Disorders of the Esophagus / Richard S. Bloomfeld, MD, Wallace C. Wu, MBBS 314

Section III. Diseases of the Stomach & Small Intestine 323

20. Peptic Ulcer Disease / William D. Chey, MD, James M. Scheiman, MD 323

21. Dyspepsia & Nonulcer Dyspepsia / Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD 342

22. Motility Disorders of the Stomach & Small Intestine / Heather J. Chial, MD, Michael Camilleri, MD 355

23. Malabsorption Disorders / Lawrence R. Schiller, MD 368

24. Tumors of the Stomach & Small Intestine / Samuel B. Ho, MD 389

25. Miscellaneous Disorders of the Stomach & Small Intestine / James H. Grendell, MD 403

Section IV. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 407

26. Malignant & Premalignant Lesions of the Colon / Robert S. Bresalier, MD 407

27. Diverticular Disease of the Colon / Bruce E. Stabile, MD, Tracey D. Arnell, MD 436

28. Anorectal Diseases / Mark Lane Welton, MD 452

29. Miscellaneous Diseases of the Colon / Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, Bret A. Lashner, MD, MPH 480

Section V. Diseases of the Pancreas 489

30. Acute Pancreatitis / James H. Grendell, MD 489

31. Chronic Pancreatitis & Pancreatic Insufficiency / Chris E. Forsmark, MD 496

32. Tumors of the Pancreas / Randall E. Brand, MD 510

Section VI. Diseases of the Liver & Biliary System 521

33. Approach to the Patient with Suspected Liver Disease / J. Gregory Fitz, MD 521

34. Acute Liver Failure / Emmet B. Keeffe, MD 536

35. Viral Hepatitis / Rena Kramer Fox, MD, Teresa L. Wright, MD 546

36. Chronic Nonviral Hepatitis / Albert J. Czaja, MD 563

37. Infections of the Liver / Ira S. Goldman, MD 582

38. Liver & Biliary Disease in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection / Lorna Dove, MD, MPH, Scott L. Friedman, MD 594

39. Alcoholic Liver Disease / Jacquelyn J. Maher, MD 603

40. Iron Overload Diseases / Paul C. Adams, MD 616

41. Copper Overload Diseases / Michael L. Schilsky, MD 622

42. Hepatic Porphyrias / D. Montgomery Bissell, MD 628

43. Complications of Chronic Liver Disease / Thomas D. Schiano, MD, Henry C. Bodenheimer, Jr., MD 639

44. Drug-Induced Liver Disease / Nathan M. Bass, MD, PhD 664

45. The Liver in Systemic Disease / Adil Habib, MD, Brent A. Neuschwander-Tetri, MD 680

46. Mass Lesions & Neoplasia of the Liver / Douglas R. LaBrecque, MD 696

47. Liver Disease in Pregnancy / Rebecca W. Van Dyke, MD 727

48. Pediatric Liver Disease / Joel E. Lavine, MD, PhD 736

49. Hepatic Complications of Marrow & Stem Cell Transplantation / George B. McDonald, MD 758

50. Gallstones / Ira M. Jacobson, MD 772

51. Primary Disease of the Bile Ducts / Keith D. Lindor, MD 784

52. Tumors of the Ampulla & Bile Ducts / Sarah A. Little, MB, ChB, William R. Jarnagin, MD 794

53. Cystic Diseases of the Bile Duct & Liver / Rowen K. Zetterman, MD 806

54. Liver Transplantation / John R. Lake, MD 813.

Notes:

"A Lange medical book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0838515517

OCLC:

53037055