Gastroenterology and Hepatology

by Porro, Gabriele Bianchi; Isselbacher, Kurt J.

• ISBN13: 9780077095192
• ISBN10: 0077095197
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Incorporated

Summary

Univ. of Milano, Italy. Consulting editor is Kurt J. Isselbacher. Text reflects European practice and focuses on recent discoveries in the field of digestive diseases. Discusses diagnosis, treatment, and referring patients. Color flow charts and halftone illustrations. For practitioners. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Nausea and vomiting	p. 3
Weight loss	p. 11
Dysphagia	p. 19
Acute gastrointestinal bleeding	p. 25
Abdominal pain	p. 35
Acute abdomen	p. 49
Jaundice	p. 55
Cholestasis	p. 65
Ascites	p. 69
Constipation	p. 77
Acute infectious diarrhea	p. 83
Chronic diarrhea	p. 95
Fecal incontinence	p. 104
Gastroesophageal reflux disease	p. 111
Disorders of esophageal motility	p. 129
Cancer of the esophagus	p. 141
Other esophageal disorders	p. 151
Nonulcer dyspepsia	p. 159
Peptic ulcer disease	p. 167
NSAID gastropathy	p. 181
Carcinomas and lymphomas of the stomach	p. 193
Guidelines for noninvasive diagnostic imaging of the pancreas	p. 205
Acute pancreatitis	p. 211
Chronic pancreatitis	p. 227
Neoplasia of the pancreas	p. 235
Neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal tract	p. 245
Malabsorption syndromes	p. 255
Celiac disease	p. 263
Tropical malabsorption	p. 273
Intestinal parasites	p. 281
Small intestinal neoplasias	p. 293
Intestinal lymphomas	p. 299
Carcinoid tumors and carcinoid syndrome	p. 307
Miscellaneous diseases of the small intestine	p. 315
The irritable bowel syndrome	p. 323
Diverticular disease	p. 329
Ischemic colitis	p. 337
Polyps of the large intestine	p. 343
Colorectal cancer	p. 351
Disorders of the anus	p. 365
Ulcerative colitis	p. 381
Crohn's disease	p. 395
Extraintestinal manifestations	p. 417
Unusual colitis	p. 425
Gallstone disease	p. 433
Biliary strictures	p. 455
Other diseases of the biliary tract	p. 465
Viral liver diseases	p. 477
Autoimmune liver diseases	p. 499
Alcoholic liver disease	p. 511
Drugs and the liver	p. 523
Metabolic liver diseases	p. 531
Cirrhosis	p. 549
Extrahepatic manifestations in liver disease	p. 559
Liver involvement in systemic diseases	p. 573
Primary hepatic malignancies	p. 579
Assessment of liver function in chronic diseases	p. 599
Liver transplantation	p. 609
Pediatric liver disorders	p. 625
Liver diseases in pregnancy	p. 635
Nonviral infectious diseases of the liver	p. 643
Liver infections and infection-related diseases in the immunocompromised host	p. 669
Gastrointestinal manifestations of HIV disease	p. 683
Abdominal tuberculosis	p. 695
Upper and lower gastrointestinal tract	p. 703
Liver and biliary tract	p. 717
Nutritional support in gastrointestinal diseases	p. 733
Index	p. I-1
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