| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Dysphagia / Nirmala Gonsalves and Ikuo Hirano -- The problem of heartburn, nausea and vomiting, and atypical chest pain / Ronnie Fass and Tiberiu Hershcovici -- The clinical approach to dyspepsia / Mary Farid and Brennan Spiegel -- Acute, recurrent acute, and chronic abdominal pain / Brian E. Lacy and Chad C. Spangler -- Haematemesis, melaena, and occult bleeding anaemia / Grigorios I. Leontiadis and V.K. Sharma -- Acute diarrhoea and vomiting / John Flaherty and Michael Angarone -- Chronic diarrhoea and malabsorption / Julian Walters [and others] -- Rectal bleeding / Matthew Shale, Lotte Dinesen and Subrata Ghosh -- GI manifestations of multisystem disorders : hepatology and pancreatobiliary / Lynne Meekison and John Plevris -- Clinical approach to jaundice / E.J. Revie [and others] -- The problem of RUQ pain / Malcolm B. Barnes and Simon Glance -- Abnormal liver function tests : diagnostic approach / Timothy T. Gordon-Walker and John P. Iredale -- The acute liver failure patient / Neil C. Henderson and Kenneth J. Simpson -- The chronic liver disease patient / Joanna K. Dowman and Philip N. Newsome -- Portal hypertension: a management problem / Norma C. McAvoy and Peter C. Hayes -- Infections in the liver / Veerendra Sandur and George Therapondos -- The liver transplant patient / Prakash Ramachandran and Andrew J. Bathgate -- Incidental radiological findings in the asymptomatic patient / Tiffany J. Campbell and Dilip Patel |
| Summary |
Taking 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Case studies.
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Liver -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Case studies.
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Gastrointestinal Diseases -- diagnosis.
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Gastrointestinal Diseases -- therapy.
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Liver Diseases -- diagnosis.
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Liver Diseases -- therapy.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Case studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Howden, Colin W.
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Plevris, John
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| ISBN |
140518227X (Paper) |
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1444346350 (e-book) |
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9781405182270 (Paper) |
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9781444346350 (e-book) |
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