Description
Book SynopsisTaking the problem-based approach, this text helps clinicians improve their diagnostic and therapeutic skills in a focused and practical manner. The cases included demonstrate the diversity of clinical practice in the specialty worldwide, and are divided into five major sections: Upper GI, Pancreato-Biliary, Liver, Small and Large Bowel, and Miscellaneous.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Contributors viii
Part One Gastroenterology
1 Dysphagia 3
Nirmala Gonsalves, Ikuo Hirano, and John N. Plevris
2 The Problem of Heartburn, and Atypical Chest Pain 17
Ronnie Fass and Tiberiu Hershcovici
3 The Clinical Approach to Dyspepsia 39
Mary Farid and Brennan Spiegel
4 Acute, Recurrent, and Chronic Abdominal Pain 44
Brian E. Lacy and Chad C. Spangler
5 Hematemesis, Melena, and Occult Bleeding/Anemia 64
Grigorios I. Leontiadis and Virender K. Sharma
6 Acute Diarrhea and Vomiting 72
John P. Flaherty and Michael P. Angarone
7 Chronic Diarrhea and Malabsorption 84
Paul Beck, Remo Panaccione, and Subrata Ghosh
8 Rectal Bleeding 96
Matthew Shale, Lotte Dinesen, and Subrata Ghosh
9 Multisystem Disorders and Gastrointestinal Disease 106
Lynne A. Meekison and John N. Plevris
Part Two Hepatology and Pancreatobiliary
10 Clinical Approach to Pancreatobiliary Disease 117
Erica J. Revie, Lisa J. Massie, Anne-Marie Lennon, and O. James Garden
11 The Problem of Right Upper Quadrant Pain 132
Malcolm B. Barnes and Simon Glance
12 Abnormal Liver Function Tests: Diagnostic Approach 144
Timothy T. Gordon-Walker and John P. Iredale
13 The Acute Liver Failure Patient 162
Neil C. Henderson and Kenneth J. Simpson
14 The Chronic Liver Disease Patient 174
Joanna K. Dowman and Phil N. Newsome
15 Portal Hypertension: A Management Problem 189
Norma C. McAvoy and Peter C. Hayes
16 Infections in the Liver 202
Veerendra Sandur and George Therapondos
17 The Liver Transplant Recipient 212
Prakash Ramachandran and Andrew J. Bathgate
18 Incidental Radiological Findings in the Asymptomatic Patient 226
Tiffany J. Campbell and Dilip Patel
Index 241
