Description
Book SynopsisGastrointestinal Emergencies 3E provides practical, up-to-date guidance for gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, emergency and acute physicians, medical students and trainees managing patients presenting with GI complications and/or emergencies.
Combining a symptom section, a specific conditions section and a section that examines complications (and solutions) of GI procedures, focus throughout is on clear, specific how-to guidance, for use before a procedure or immediately after emergency stabilization. An evidence-based approach to presentation, diagnosis and investigation is utilized throughout.
New to this third edition are severalbrand new chapters covering various complications of procedures and specific conditions not previously featured, as well as a thorough look at the many diagnostic and therapeutic advances in recentyears. In addition, every chapter from the current edition has undergone wholesale revision to ensure it is updated with the very lates
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors, vii
Section 1: Approach to specific presentations
1 Approach to dysphagia, 3
John S. A. Collins
2 Approach to vomiting, 8
Bee Chan Lee and John S. A. Collins
3 Approach to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 12
Patrick B. Allen and Tony C. K. Tham
4 Approach to acute abdominal pain, 19
Tony C. K. Tham
5 Approach to jaundice, 25
Tony C. K. Tham
6 Acute severe lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 34
Jennifer M. Kolb and Tonya Kaltenbach
7 Approach to diarrhea, 39
John S. A. Collins
Section 2: Complications of gastrointestinal procedures and therapy
8 Complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, 45
Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker
9 Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, 51
Barbara Willandt and Jo Vandervoort
10 Complications of endoscopic variceal ligation, sclerotherapy, and balloon tamponade, 57
Aarti K. Rao and Roy Soetikno
11 ERCP complications, 61
Constantinos P. Anastassiades and Richard C. K. Wong
12 Complications of laparoscopic surgery, 70
Stephen Attwood and Khalid Osman
13 Complications of liver biopsy, 77
Robert J. Wong and Aijaz Ahmed
14 Complications of colonoscopy, 81
Matthias Steverlynck and Jo Vandervoort
15 Complications of capsule endoscopy, 86
Roy Soetikno and Andres Sanchez]Yague
16 Complications of endoscopic ultrasound, 91
Maria Cecilia M. Sison]Oh, Andres Sanchez]Yague, and Roy Soetikno
17 Complications of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), 99
Ichiro Oda, Haruhisa Suzuki, and Seiichiro Abe
18 Complications of bariatric surgery, 105
Allison R. Schulman, Michele B. Ryan, and Christopher C. Thompson
19 Complications of drugs used in gastroenterology, 117
Paul Kevin Hamilton and Philip Toner
Section 3: Specific conditions
20 Foreign body impaction in the esophagus, 135
George Triadafilopoulos
21 Esophageal perforation, 142
Ioannis S. Papanikolaou and Peter D. Siersema
22 Acute upper non]variceal gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 151
Kelvin Palmer
23 Acute pancreatitis, 158
David R. Lichtenstein
24 Biliary tract emergencies, 172
Joseph K. N. Kim and David L. Carr]Locke
25 Variceal hemorrhage, 177
Roy Soetikno and Andres Sanchez]Yague
26 Acute liver failure, 183
Philip S. J. Hall and W. Johnny Cash
27 Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, 193
Andrés Cárdenas, Isabel Graupera, and Pere Ginès
28 Alcoholic hepatitis, 204
Brian J. Hogan and David William Michael Patch
29 Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract, 211
Ian McAllister
30 Intestinal obstruction, 220
Kevin McCallion
31 Acute appendicitis, 225
Ian McAllister
32 Middle gastrointestinal bleeding, 230
Andres Sanchez]Yague
33 Ischemic bowel, 239
Ryan B. Perumpail and Shai Friedland
34 Acute severe ulcerative colitis, 242
Subrata Ghosh and Marietta Iacucci
35 Gastrointestinal infections, 251
Graham Morrison and John S. A. Collins
36 Diverticular disease, 263
Jennifer M. Kolb and Tonya Kaltenbach
37 Gastrointestinal complications of HIV disease, 269
Emma McCarty and Wallace Dinsmore
38 Gastrointestinal complications in the intensive care unit, 276
James J. McNamee and Daniel F. McAuley
Index, 282
