Pancreatitis and its complications
By: edited by Chris E. Forsmark.
Contributors: Forsmark, Christopher E.
Series: Clinical gastroenterology
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Pancreatitis -- complications; Pancreatitis -- therapy
Description: Offers busy clinicians not only a thorough account of the biological and clinical background of pancreatitis, but also a highly practical guide to the day-to-day treatment of patients suffering from this complex disease.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Epidemiology and pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis / Anil B. Nagar and Fred S. Gorelick; title: Diagnosis and risk stratification of acute pancreatitis / Frank Burton; title: Gallstone pancreatitis / Matthias Kraft and Markus M. Lerch; title: Other causes of acute pancreatitis / Charles D. Ulrich; title: Treatment of mild acute pancreatitis and prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis / Michael Morelli and Lehel Somogyi; title: Treatment of severe acute pancreatitis / Peter Draganov; title: Pancreatic necrosis and infections in patients with acute pancreatitis / Michael L. Kendrick and Michael G. Sarr; title: Pancreatic fluid collections and pseudocysts in patients with acute pancreatitis / Michael F. Byrne and John Baillie; title: Epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis / Albert B. Lowenfels and Patrick Maisonneuve; title: Risk, etiology, and pathophysiology of chronic pancreatitis / David C. Whitcomb; title: Natural history of chronic pancreatitis / Supot Pongprasobchai and Jonathan E. Clain; title: Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis / Chris E. Forsmark; title: Treatment of chronic pancreatitis pain: overview and medical management / Phillip P. Toskes; title: Endoscopic approach to chronic pancreatitis / Lee McHenry, Glen Lehman, and Stuart Sherman; title: Surgery for chronic pancreatitis / Martin D. Smith, Elias Degiannis, and Selwyn M. Vickers; title: Treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency / Supot Pongprasobchai and Eugene P. DiMagno; title: Complications of chronic pancreatitis / John Petersen and Chris E. Forsmark.