Gastrointestinal emergencies
By: Roy K.H. Wong, guest editor
Contributors: Wong, Roy K. H
Series: The Medical clinics of North America -- v. 77, no. 5
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Co.
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1204
Subjects: Gastrointestinal emergencies; Gastrointestinal system -- Surgery
Notes: "September 1993"

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: The radiologic evaluation of acute abdominal pain of intestinal origin : a clinical approach / Michael P. Brazaitis and Abraham H. Dachman; value: An internist's approach to acute abdominal pain / Howard M. Spiro; value: Nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding / Pradeep K. Gupta and David E. Fleischer; value: Treatment of acute gastroesophageal variceal hemorrage / Thomas G. Brewer; value: Biliary tract emergencies : acute cholecystitis, acute cholangitis, and acute pancreatitis / Shailesh C. Kadakia; value: Acute pancreatitis / Gustavo A. Calleja and Jamie S. Barkin; value: Fulminant hepatic failure / Jonathan L. Riegler and John R. Lake; value: Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding / Michael P. DeMarkles and Joseph R. Murphy; value: Foreign bodies of the gastrointestinal tract / Michael F. Lyons, II, and Amy M. Tsuchida; value: Hepatic emergencies in pregnancy / Maria H. Sjogren; value: Toxic megacolon / Daniel H. Present; value: Diverticulitis / Stephen R. Freeman and Peter R. McNally; value: Acute infectious diarrhea / Christopher P. Cheney and Roy K.H. Wong