| Description |
xviii, 557 pages : tables, charts ; 19 cm |
| Contents |
1. Sore mouth -- 2. Dysphagia and odynophagia -- 3. Heartburn, acid regurgitation and Barretts oesophagus -- 4. Dyspepsia and functional dyspepsia -- 5. Nausea and vomiting -- 6. Malignant conditions involving the oesophagus, stomach, small Intestine, gall bladder and bile duct -- 7. Acute abdominal pain -- 8. Haematemesis and melaena -- 9. Irritable bowel syndrome -- 10. Food allergies and intolerances -- 11. Malabsorptive disorders and celiac disease -- 12. Chronic pancreatitis -- 13. Cancer of the pancreas and pancreatic cystic lesions -- 14. Challenging constipation -- 15. Acute diarrhoea -- 16. Inflammatory bowel disease -- 17. Colorectal cancer -- 18. Colorectal cancer screening -- 19. Faecal incontinence: Simon Chew 207 -- 20. Rectal bleeding and haemorrhoids -- 21. Anal pain -- 22. HIV/AIDS: gastrointestinal and liver manifestations -- 23. Occult gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anaemia -- 24. Weight loss -- 25. Eating disorders: anorexia nervosa -- 26. Practical issues in nutrition and supplementation in gastrointestinal disease -- 27. Obesity surgery -- 28. How to prepare patients for endoscopic procedures -- 29. Anaesthesia for endoscopy -- 30. Evaluating abnormal liver tests -- 31. Ascites -- 32. Cholestasis and jaundice -- 33. Liver biopsy -- 34. Acute hepatitis -- 35. The hepatitis C-positive patient -- 36. The hepatitis B-positive patient -- 37. Suspected iron overload or high serum ferritin -- 38. Chronic non-viral hepatitis -- 39. Obesity and abnormal liver function tests -- 40. Alcoholic liver disease -- 41. Drugs and liver disease -- 42. A family history of liver disease -- 43. Granulomatous liver disease -- 44. Mass in the liver -- 45. Nutrition in patients with liver disease -- 46. End-stage liver disease -- 47. Acute liver failure -- 48. Pregnancy and liver disease -- 49. Medical problems after liver transplantation |
| Summary |
"The book will aim to provide a simple, practical management approaches rather than detailed disease information. It will have a problem based focus concentrating on providing management solutions in emergency situations where clinicians have limited time. There will also be detailed chapters on preparing patients for procedures such as endoscopy and biopsy." -- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Gastroenterology -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Segal, Isidor, 1933-
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Talley, Nicholas Joseph.
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Weltman, Martin D. (Martin David)
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| ISBN |
9780729537759 paperback |
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