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.; Pancreatitis -- Complications.; Pancreatitis -- complications.; Pancreatitis -- therapy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Epidemiology and pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis / Anil B. Nagar and Fred S. Gorelick; value: Diagnosis and risk stratification of acute pancreatitis / Frank Burton; value: Gallstone pancreatitis / Matthias Kraft and Markus M. Lerch; value: Other causes of acute pancreatitis / Charles D. Ulrich; value: Treatment of mild acute pancreatitis and prevention of post-ERCP pancreatitis / Michael Morelli and Lehel Somogyi; value: Treatment of severe acute pancreatitis / Peter Draganov; value: Pancreatic necrosis and infections in patients with acute pancreatitis / Michael L. Kendrick and Michael G. Sarr; value: Pancreatic fluid collections and pseudocysts in patients with acute pancreatitis / Michael F. Byrne and John Baillie; value: Epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis / Albert B. Lowenfels and Patrick Maisonneuve; value: Risk, etiology, and pathophysiology of chronic pancreatitis / David C. Whitcomb; value: Natural history of chronic pancreatitis / Supot Pongprasobchai and Jonathan E. Clain; value: Diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis / Chris E. Forsmark; value: Treatment of chronic pancreatitis pain: overview and medical management / Phillip P. Toskes; value: Endoscopic approach to chronic pancreatitis / Lee McHenry, Glen Lehman, and Stuart Sherman; value: Surgery for chronic pancreatitis / Martin D. Smith, Elias Degiannis, and Selwyn M. Vickers; value: Treatment of exocrine pancreatic insufficiency / Supot Pongprasobchai and Eugene P. DiMagno; value: Complications of chronic pancreatitis / John Petersen and Chris E. Forsmark.