Ulcers : causes, diagnosis, and treatment / Danijel Erceg and Pero Milojeviae, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erceg, Danijel.

Milojeviæ, Pero.

Series:

Digestive Diseases - Research and Clinical Developments

Digestive diseases - research and clinical developments series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peptic ulcer.

Digestive organs--Diseases.

Digestive organs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An ulcer is the result of an imbalance between aggressive and defensive factors. This book examines the psychosocial risk factors for developing peptic ulcers. In addition to peptic ulcers, the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of gastric and skin ulcers are explored.

Contents:

""ULCERS: CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT""; ""ULCERS: CAUSES, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""PSYCHOSOCIAL DISTRESS AS A RISK FACTOR OF PEPTIC ULCER MORTALITY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""Material and Methods ""; ""Results ""; ""Discussion""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""PEPTIC ULCER ASSOCIATED WITH NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS/LOW-DOSE ASPIRIN ""; ""PURPOSE ""; ""Methods""; ""Results ""; ""Conclusions ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""METHODS""; ""Evaluation by Endoscopy""; ""Statistical Analysis ""; ""RESULTS""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""L-Aspirin and Mucosal Injuries ""

""Effects of COX-2 Selectivity on NSAID-Induced Mucosal Injuries """"Risk of Peptic Ulcer Induced by Concomitant L-Aspirin in Long-Term NSAID Treatment ""; ""Effects on Endoscopic Peptic Ulcer by L-Aspirin Co-Therapy With Long-Term Nsaids ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""NEW HORIZON IN THE TREATMENT OF PERFORATED PEPTIC ULCER ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""EFFECT OF GENDER AND SMOKING ON INCIDENCE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND PEPTIC ULCER IN A JAPANESE POPULATION: THE RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION ADULT HEALTH STUDY""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""Background ""; ""Methods ""; ""Results ""; ""Conclusions ""

""INTRODUCTION """"SUBJECTS AND METHODS ""; ""Subjects ""; ""Clinical Procedures and Selection of Diseases for Study ""; ""Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Consumption Data ""; ""STATISTICAL METHODS ""; ""RESULTS ""; ""DISCUSSION ""; ""APPENDIX""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""ANTISECRETORY COMPOUNDS AND STRESS-INDUCED GASTRIC ULCERS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""ATYPICAL SKIN ULCERS""; ""I. SKIN ULCERS IN THE ELDERLY � FOUR COMMON ETIOLOGIES ""; ""Microbiology of Chronic Wounds ""; ""Likelihood of Osteomyelitis Adjacent to a Chronic Wound ""; ""Prevention of Pressure Ulcer""

""Treatment of Pressure Ulcers [13-15,31,32] """"Treatment of Venous Ulcers [19] ""; ""Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers [34] ""; ""II. OTHER ETIOLOGIES OF SKIN ULCERS ""; ""III. CASE HISTORY ""; ""Pyoderma Gangrenosum ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""TOPICALLY APPLIED MORPHINE GEL FOR PAINFUL ULCERS ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""FIRST CASE ""; ""SECOND CASE ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""IN PRACTICE ""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""CHAPTER SOURCES ""; ""INDEX ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61761-964-7

OCLC:

847714918