Full Description
Designed for quick, easy point-of-care reference during hospital rounds and in the outpatient clinic, this pocket book provides clinically relevant information on over 100 gastrointestinal, pancreatic, and hepatic problems and important endoscopy topics. Each topic is presented in easy-to-scan bullet lists and tables on interfacing pages, with headings that include definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, physical examination, laboratory studies, diagnostic studies, treatments, complications, and prognosis. The latest national treatment guidelines are presented at the top of the page. When appropriate, topics are cross-referenced to each other.
Contents
ESOPHAGUS/GASTRIC : Achalasia / Barrett's Esophagus / Diverticula of Esophagus (Zenker's) / Dyspepsia (Indigestion) / Dysphagia/Odynophagia / Eosinophilic Esophagitis / Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis / Esophageal Cancer / Esophageal Infections / Gastric Cancer / Gastric Polyps & Thickended Gastric Folds / Gastroparesis & Dumping Syndrome / Gastropathy / Chronic Gastritis / Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease / Nonerosive Reflux Disease / Esophagitis / Injury (Esophagus): Corrosive / Injury (Esophagus): Pill Induced / Manometry (Esophageal) / Nausea & Vomiting / Non-Cardiac Chest Pain / Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Tubes / Peptic Ulcer Disease: H.Pylori, NSAIDs / Schatzki's Ring / Esophageal Spasm / Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (Gastrinoma) / Potpourri: Gastric Physiology; Hiccups; Lichen Planus; Eating Disorders; Bezoars
SMALL BOWEL/COLON/RECTUM : Abdominal Pain: General / Abdominal Pain: Acute / Abdominal Pain: Chronic / Anorectal Diseases / Appendix Disease and Meckel's Diverticulum / Bacterial Overgrowth (BO) / Clostridium Difficile / Carcinoid Tumors (Mid-Gut) / Celiac and Tropical Sprue / Colorectal Cancer / Constipation / Diarrhea/Malassimilation / Diarrheal Infections / Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis / Fecal Incontinence / GI Endocrine Tumors / Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) / Ischemic Colitis / Ischemic Small Bowel / Megacolon (Ogilvie's) / Nutrition: Malnutrition and Obesity / Nutrition: Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) and Refeeding Syndrome / Short Bowel Syndrome / Small Bowel Tumors / Whipple's Disease / Potpourri: Fecal Fat
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE : Crohn's Disease / Microscopic and Radiation Colitis / Treatment: Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis / Ulcerative Colitis / Potpourri: IBD Pearls; IBD Mimickers; Small Bowel Resection & Malabsorption; Kidney Stones
LIVER : Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency / Abscess of Liver / Acute Liver Failure (Fulminant Hepatic Failure) / Alcoholic Liver Disease / Ascites and Portal Hypertension / Autoimmune Hepatitis / Bacterial Peritonitis / Cirrhosis and Encephalopathy / Clots / Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis / Drug and Toxic-Induced Liver Disease / Hemochromatosis and Iron Overload / Hepatitis A, D, E / Hepatitis B / Hepatitis C / Hepatobiliary Cystic Disease / Hepatocellular Carcinoma / Hepatorenal Syndrome / Histopathology of Liver / Liver Function Tests / Mass (Focal Liver) Evaluation / Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)/Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)/Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver (NAFL) / Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) / Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) / Pregnancy Pearls / Pulmonary Complications / Transplant Immunosuppression / Transplantation / Wilson's Disease
PANCREAS BILIARY : Cholangiocarcinoma / Cholecystitis and Cholangitis / Cholelithiasis and Choledocholithiasis / Cystic Disease of the Pancreas / Pancreatic Carcinoma / Pancreatitis: Acute / Pancreatitis: Chronic / Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction / Potpourri: Pancreas Anatomy and Physiology; Gallbladder Polyps
GI BLEED : Acute GI Bleed Pearls / Diverticular Bleeding / Occult and Obscure Bleeding / Upper and Lower GI Bleeding / Variceal Bleeding / Potpourri: Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) Therapy
ENDOSCOPY AND PROCEDURES : Anticoagulation and Anti-Inflammatory Management for Endoscopy / Balloon Tamponade / Capsule Endoscopy / Colonoscopy / Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) / Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) / Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) / Foreign Bodies / Gastrointestinal Surgeries: Billroth Type I & II; Roux-en-Y Total Gastrectomy; Whipple (Pancreatoduodenectomy); Puestow (Longitudinal Pancreaticojejunostomy) / Infectious Endocarditis Prophylaxis for Endoscopy
