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Title Pancreatology : a clinical casebook / Timothy B. Gardner, Kerrington D. Smith, editors
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Risk Factors for Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Etiologies of Acute Pancreatitis; Etiology of Chronic Pancreatitis; Outcome; References; Chapter 2: Hereditary Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 3: Hospital Management of Acute Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 4: Acute Biliary Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management
Diagnosis and Assessment Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 5: Classification and Management of Pancreatic Cysts; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 6: Medical and Endoscopic Management of Chronic Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 7: Complications of Acute Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 8: Endoscopic Therapy for Complications of Acute Pancreatitis; Case Study
My Management Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 9: Autoimmune Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 10: Diagnosis and Screening for Pancreatic Malignancy; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 11: Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Hereditary Causes of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC); Familial Pancreatic Cancer; Hereditary Pancreatitis
Hereditary Tumor Predisposition Syndromes Pancreatic Screening and Surveillance; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 12: Optimizing Nutrition for the Patient after Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Pancreatic Insufficiency; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 13: Palliative Care and Pancreatic Disease; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Delivering Bad News and Elicitation of Goals; Assessment: Pain; Assessment: Weight Loss; Assessment: Mood; Management; Management: Pain; Management: Weight Loss
Management: Mood Outcome; References; Chapter 14: Staging Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Localized Pancreatic Cancer; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 15: Neoadjuvant Multimodality Therapy for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Head Cancer; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; Management; Outcome; References; Chapter 16: Drainage and Resection Surgery for Pancreatitis; Case Study; My Management; Diagnosis and Assessment; The Puestow Procedure; The Beger Procedure; The Frey Procedure; Distal Pancreatectomy
Summary This clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of pancreatic disease. Presented in a case-based format, each case focuses on a different varient of pancreatic disease and pancreatic cancer, with sections on diagnosis and early detection, management of the disease, and treatment of complications from the disease. The role of neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer and emerging treatment algorithms for chronic pancreatitis are also highlighted in the text. Written by experts in the field, Pancreatology: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for clinicians, surgeons, and researchers interested in caring for patients with pancreatic disease
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 17, 2017)
Subject Pancreas -- Diseases -- Case studies
Pancreas -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Case studies
Pancreas -- Diseases -- Treatment -- Case studies
Pancreas -- Diseases.
Pancreatic Diseases
Hepatology.
Gastroenterology.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Pancreas -- Diseases
Pancreas -- Diseases -- Diagnosis
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
Author Gardner, Timothy B., editor
Smith, Kerrington D., editor
ISBN 9783319530918
3319530917