Description
Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Gastroenterology will provide physicians with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major GI diseases and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management.
Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disease to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information. All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features:
- An opening bottom-line/key points section
- Classification, pathogenesis and prevention of disease
- Evidence-based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient
- Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, when to perform surgery, management algorithms and how to prevent complications
- How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly
- The very latest evidence-based results, major society guidelines (ASG/ACG/UEGW) and key external sources to consult
In addition, the book comes with a companion website housing extra features such as case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes. Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be.
If you specialise in gastroenterology and require a concise, practical guide to the clinical management of GI disease, bought to you by one of world’s leading hospitals, then this is the perfect book for you.
Table of Contents
- List of Contributors, ix
- Series Foreword, xiv
- Preface, xv
- Abbreviation List, xvi
- About the Companion Website, xxi
- Part 1: Approach to Specific Complaints
- Approach to Dysphagia, 3 – Gina R. Sam
- Approach to Nausea and Vomiting, 13 – Aimee L. Lucas
- Approach to Abdominal Pain, 21 – Jonathan Z. Potack
- Approach to Diarrhea, 31 – Bruce E. Sands
- Approach to Constipation, 45 – Mark A. Korsten, Hanumantha R. Ancha, and Miriam Kaminski
- Approach to Fecal Incontinence, 56 – Sita S. Chokhavatia
- Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding, 68 – Blair S. Lewis and Christina A. Tennyson
- Approach to Nutrition Assessment, 78 – Laura Manning and Lauren K. Schwartz
- Approach to the Pregnant Patient with GI Disorders, 87 – Elana A. Maser
- Part 2: Specific Diseases/Conditions
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 101 – Lawrence B. Cohen
- Barrett’s Esophagus, 111 – Sharmila Anandasabapathy
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 120 – Brijen J. Shah
- Esophageal Motility Disorders, 131 – Barry W. Jaffin
- Esophageal Disorders Related to Medication, Trauma, and Infection, 143 – Stuart I. Finkel
- Management of Foreign Bodies of the GI Tract, 156 – James George
- Functional Dyspepsia, 160 – Sita S. Chokhavatia
- Peptic Ulcer Disease, 170 – Neville D. Bamji and Ariel A. Benson
- Helicobacter pylori Treatment and Eradication, 180 – Anthony A. Weiss
- Gastroparesis, 193 – Eric S. Goldstein
- GI Complications of Obesity Surgery, 203 – Jonathan Z. Potack
- Tumors of the Foregut, 213 – Michelle Kang Kim
- Short Bowel Syndrome and Malnutrition, 222 – Lauren K. Schwartz and Benjamin L. Cohen
- Bacterial Overgrowth, 233 – Peter H. Rubin
- Celiac Disease, 238 – Ariel A. Benson and James Aisenberg
- Infectious Enteritis and Colitis; Bacterial Food Poisoning; Intestinal Protozoa and Helminthic Infestations, 250 – Jenny Sauk
- Immunodefi ciency and the GI Tract, 260 – Saurabh Mehandru
- GI Stromal Tumors, 270 – Peter E. Legnani
- Neuroendocrine Tumors, 279 – Richard R.P. Warner
- Pancreatitis (Acute, Chronic, Autoimmune), 292 – Jeffrey R. Lewis and Yuki Young
- Pancreatic Cysts and Tumors, 304 – Christopher J. DiMaio
- Disorders of the Biliary Tract, 323 – Ron Palmon and Kalpesh K. Patel
- GI Complications of Transplant, 336 – Vera Kandror Denmark
- Vascular Lesions of the GI Tract, 347 – Jose Romeu
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 358 – Charles D. Gerson
- Crohn’s Disease, 366 – Joana Torres and Jean-Frédéric Colombel
- Ulcerative Colitis, 379 – Adam F. Steinlauf and Daniel H. Present
- Complications of Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis, 390 – Joel J. Bauer and Stephen R. Gorfine
- Radiation Enterocolitis, 398 – Prashant Kedia and Adam Steinlauf
- Clostridium difficile, 411 – Gerald Friedman
- Ischemic Disease of the Small and Large Bowel, 422 – Ari Grinspan and Asher Kornbluth
- Diverticular Diseases of the Colon, 435 – David B. Sachar
- Adenocarcinoma of the Large Bowel and Hereditary Colon Cancer Syndromes, 443 – Steven H. Itzkowitz
- Colonoscopic Polypectomy, 455 – Jerome D. Waye
- Surveillance for Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 467 – Thomas A. Ullman
- Diseases of the Anus and Rectum, 477 – Alexander J. Greenstein and Sergey Khaitov
- Complications of GI Endoscopy, 487 – James F. Marion
- Index, 499
- A color plate section appears between pages 74 and 75
Editors Biography
Bruce E. Sands MD, MS, AGAF, FACG, FACP, Chief of the Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology,
Mount Sinai Medical Center and Mount Sinai Health System, Dr. Burrill B. Crohn Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
Scott L. Friedman MD, Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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Weight | 0.966 kg |
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