The Washington manual gastroenterology subspecialty consult
By: editor, C. Prakash Gyawali
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Washington manual subspecialty consult series; Washington manual subspecialty consult series
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781451114102
Subjects: Digestive System Diseases; Therapy; Handbooks; Diagnosis
Description: This concise and practical reference, tailored for fellows, residents, and medical students rotating on gastroenterology subspecialty services, covers both inpatient and outpatient management of gastroenterology with the same clinical practicality. With gastroenterology continuing to expand as a specialty, there is a wealth of new insights on disease pathophysiology, diagnostic tools, and management options that this manual helps to address. It is the result of a collaborative effort of residents, fellows, and clinical faculty from the distinguished Washington University School of Medicine and serves as a practical quick reference guide to the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal ailments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dysphagia / Faiz Mirza; title: Nausea and vomiting / Vladimir Kushnir and C. Prakash Gyawali; title: Diarrhea / Hongha T. Vu; title: Constipation / Reena V. Chokshi; title: Abdominal pain / Akwi W. Asombang; title: Acute gastrointestinal bleeding / Darrell M. Gray II; title: Occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding / John M. Iskander; title: Jaundice / Noura M. Sharabash; title: Abnormal liver chemistries / Noura M. Sharabash; title: Ascites / Mridula V. Kumar; title: Malnutrition / Gowri Kularatna and Shelby Sullivan; title: Approach to specific diseases : Esophageal disorders / Jon Seccombe and C. Prakash Gyawali; title: Gastric disorders / Amit Patel and C. Prakash Gyawali; title: Small bowel disorders / Samad Soudagar and Anisa Shaker; title: Colon neoplasms / Nishant J. Patel and Dayna S. Early; title: Inflammatory bowel disease / Heba Iskandar and Matthew A. Ciorba; title: Irritable bowel syndrome / Benjamin F. Cassell and Gregory S. Sayuk; title: Acute liver disease / Anil B. Seetharam and Kevin M. Korenblat; title: Chronic liver disease / Jennifer Shroff and Mauricio Lisker-Melman; title: Cirrhosis / Anupam Aditi and Jeffrey S. Crippin; title: Liver transplantation / Anil B. Seetharam and Thomas A. Kerr; title: Pancreatic disorders / Alexander Lee and Sreeni Jonnalagadda; title: Biliary tract disorders / Riad Azar and Andrew Reinink; title: Genetic testing in gastrointestinal diseases / Elizabeth Blaney and Chien-Huan Chen; title: Gastrointestinal procedures / Sachin Wani and Daniel Mullady.