Mount Sinai expert guides. Gastroenterology / edited by Bruce E. Sands.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sands, Bruce E., editor.

Series:

Mount Sinai expert guides.

Mount Sinai Expert Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gastroenterology.

Digestive organs--Diseases.

Digestive organs.

Gastrointestinal system--Diseases.

Gastrointestinal system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (559 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Gastroenterology will provide physicians with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major GI diseases and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management. Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disease to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Series Foreword; Preface; Abbreviation List; About the Companion Website; PART 1: Approach to Specific Complaints; CHAPTER 1: Approach to Dysphagia; Section 1: Background; Definition of disease; Disease classification; Incidence/prevalence; Economic impact; Etiology; Pathology/pathogenesis; Predictive/risk factors; Section 2: Prevention; Screening; Primary prevention and secondary prevention; Section 3: Diagnosis; Typical presentation; Clinical diagnosis; Laboratory diagnosis

Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease; Section 4: Treatment; Treatment rationale; When to hospitalize; Section 5: Special Populations; Section 6: Prognosis; Section 8: Guidelines; Section 9: Evidence; Section 10: Images; CHAPTER 2: Approach to Nausea and Vomiting; Section 1: Background; Definition of the presenting complaint; Incidence; Economic impact; Section 2: Prevention; Section 3: Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; Clinical diagnosis; Typical presentation; Laboratory diagnosis; Section 4: Treatment (Algorithm 2.1); Treatment rationale; When to hospitalize

Managing the hospitalized patient; Table of treatment; Section 5: Special Populations; Section 6: Prognosis; Section 8: Guidelines; Section 9: Evidence; Section 10: Images; CHAPTER 3: Approach to Abdominal Pain; Section 1: Background; Definition of disease; Disease classification; Incidence/prevalence; Economic impact; Etiology; Pathology/pathogenesis; Predictive/risk factors; Section 2: Prevention; Screening; Primary prevention; Secondary prevention; Section 3: Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; Typical presentation; Clinical diagnosis; Laboratory diagnosis

Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease; Section 4: Treatment; Treatment rationale; When to hospitalize; Managing the hospitalized patient; Table of treatment; Prevention/management of complications; Section 5: Special Populations; Section 6: Prognosis; Natural history of untreated disease; Prognosis for treated patients; Follow-up tests and monitoring; Section 8: Guidelines; National society guidelines; Section 9: Evidence; Section 10: Images; CHAPTER 4: Approach to Diarrhea; Section 1: Background; Definition of disease; Disease classification; Incidence/prevalence

Economic impact; Etiology; Pathology/pathogenesis; Section 2: Prevention; Section 3: Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; Clinical diagnosis (Algorithm 4.1); Laboratory diagnosis; Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease; Section 4: Treatment; Treatment rationale; When to hospitalize; Table of treatment; Section 5: Special Populations; Section 6: Prognosis; Section 8: Guidelines; National society guidelines; Section 9: Evidence; Section 10: Images; CHAPTER 5: Approach to Constipation; Section 1: Background; Definition of disease; Disease classification

Incidence/prevalence

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118932735

1118932730

9781118932759

1118932757

9781118932742

1118932749

OCLC:

899007429