Gastroenterology category: 849 books
The Stomach
Physiology, Pathophysiology and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Managing the Complications of Cirrhosis
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2011
Managing the Complications of Cirrhosis: A Practical Approach is a simple pocket guide for the community gastroenterologist and primary-care provider who manages liver disease. While there are other books available on the market regarding the management of cirrhosis, this reference includes information...
by Steven A. Edmundowicz, Washington University School of Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Today a number of gastrointestinal disorders that once required open surgical or percutaneous management are being managed with endolumenal therapies. This has led to an evolution of minimally invasive endolumenal approaches to many disorders. This issue reviews the progress made in the application...
Gastroparesis
Pathophysiology, Presentation and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Gastroparesis is an increasingly recognized disorder. Treatment can be difficult due to the several mechanisms for symptom production. Gastroparesis: Pathophysiology, Presentation and Treatment serves as a concise reference on this disorder that allows clinicians to quickly access and evaluate the...
Biopsy Interpretation of the Gastrointestinal Tract Mucosa
Volume 2: Neoplastic
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Gastrointestinal mucosal biopsies are an active part of the pathologist’s day and have increased in the past few years as endoscopic screening has become more commonplace. This new full-color Second Edition of Biopsy Interpretation of the Gastrointestinal Tract Mucosa has been expanded into two concise,...
by Kevin Mullen, Ravi Prakash, MD MRCP (UK)
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
A very hot topic at the 2010 AASLD meeting, hepatic encephalopathy is being brought to the Clinics in Liver Disease for the very first time by top experts, Dr. Mullen and Dr. Prakash. Authors have written articles that fully discuss the clinical aspects of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). Articles presented...
Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Gastroenteropancreatic Endocrine Tumors
Consensus Round Table, Scottsdale (Arizona), March 22, 1987
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The secretion of bioactive products by tumors of the gastroenteropancreatic system results in the development of watery diarrhea that can lead to death in a very short period if not brought under control. Even if the consequences are less dramatic, the patients' ability to lead a normal daily life...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Celiac Disease is an authoritative text intended to educate healthcare practitioners, gastroenterologists, physicians and nutritionists about the diverse manifestations, complications and management of gluten-sensitive enteropathy. The seventeen-chapter text provides the latest research on pathophysiology,...
Extreme Hepatic Surgery and Other Strategies
Increasing Resectability in Colorectal Liver Metastases
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
This book describes the diagnoses; staging and management of patients with colorectal liver metastases initially considered unresectable and portrays the different strategies to increase resectability along with their tactics and tricks. Colorectal carcinoma is the third most commonly diagnosed cancer...
Portal Hypertension V
Proceedings of the Fifth Baveno International Consensus Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Every five years, hepatologists with an interest in portal hypertension (high blood pressure in the portal vein), gather in Baveno, Italy, for the Baveno International Consensus Workshop on Portal Hypertension, attending workshops and examining the latest in clinical data and research on this condition....
Coloproctology
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017
The topics covered in this book have been specifically chosen to give guidance to surgeons established in practice and those embarking on their careers. Examples include the changing management in the treatment of the catastrophic abdominal wall, perianal Crohn’s disease in the biological era, decision...
by Stephen J.D. O'Keefe
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
This book provides the reader with an understanding of human nutritional and metabolic physiology and how it goes wrong in illness. Divided into three major sections, the volume instructs the reader on how and when to use nutritional support, and includes a summary of the published outcome studies...
by Roberto J. Firpi, MD, MS
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Cirrhosis from hepatitis C (HCV) is now the most common indication for liver transplant (LT) in the U.S., but between 2004 and 2013, new LT listings for NASH increased by 170%. Unfortunately, fibrosis progression leading to cirrhosis, liver cancer, and liver decompensation continues to occur after...
Complications of Cirrhosis
Evaluation and Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015
This volume presents a concise yet comprehensive overview on all facets concerning the complications of cirrhosis. Structured in three sections, the book reviews the natural history of cirrhosis, the diagnostic and predictive tools available to assess the disease, complications, and treatment options...