Description
Book SynopsisFeatures: A pocket handbook on the practical and safe use of drugs in inflammatory bowel disease to achieve best patient outcome in day-to-day practice; A book written by experts in inflammatory bowel disease covering the latest and most promising treatment modalities in patients with simple and complex inflammatory bowel disease; 20 short chapters illustrating therapeutic pathways to summarise current best practice on the management of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease including special scenarios: management of extra-intestinal manifestations, cancer surveillance, pregnancy, fertility and breast feeding, screening for infections, bone diseases and anaemia; Suitable for all medical professionals involved in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: established and trainee gastroenterologists, gastrointestinal surgeons, nurse specialists, general practitioners and general physicians.
Table of ContentsManagement of ulcerative colitis -- Management of ulcerative proctitis; Management of left-sided ulcerative colitis; Management of extensive ulcerative colitis; Acute severe ulcerative colitis; Surgery in ulcerative colitis; Management of pouchitis. Management of Crohn's disease -- Localised ileocaecal Crohn's disease; Proximal/extensive small bowel Crohn's disease; Colonic Crohn's disease; Prevention of postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease; Stricturing Crohn's disease; Perianal fistula in Crohn's disease; Fistulating non-perianal Crohn's disease; Oral & upper gastrointestinal Crohn's disease. Current issues in other scenarios -- Extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease; Surveillance in inflammatory bowel disease; Fertility, pregnancy & breastfeeding; Screening for opportunistic infections in inflammatory bowel disease; Management of adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease; Management of anaemia in inflammatory bowel disease; Bone diseases in inflammatory bowel disease.
