Gastrointestinal Emergencies, 2nd Edition

by Editor: Tony C. K. Tham (University of Ulster and Royal Hospitals Trust, Belfast); Editor: John S. A. Collins (University of Ulster and Royal Hospitals Trust, Belfast); Editor: Roy Soetikno (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System)

• ISBN13: 9781444303308
• ISBN10: 1444303309
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The definitive reference guide for the management of gastrointestinal emergencies and endoscopic complicationsWhen you are caring for a patient with a gastrointestinal emergency - during a procedure or after emergency stabilization - you can count on this updated reference to supply the specific how-to guidance you need.Written and edited by leading international experts in the field, the second edition of Gastrointestinal Emergencies: now reflects the many diagnostic and therapeutic advances since publication of the first edition covers the full range of gastrointestinal emergencies encountered in daily clinical practice gives evidence-based approaches to the presentation, diagnosis, investigation, and management of patients features the important contributions of new editor Roy Soetikno, Associate Professor of Medicine at the VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CaliforniaAll practitioners involved in gastrointestinal emergency care will find clear and succinct advice in this concise reference. Every Emergency Department and every endoscopy unit should keep a copy close at hand for quick reference.

Table of Contents

Approach to Specific Presentations.

Approach to Dysphagia

Approach to Vomiting

Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain

Approach to Jaundice

Acute Severe Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Diarrhea

Complications of Gastrointestinal Procedures.

Complications of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Complications of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy

Complications of Variceal Sclerotherapy, Ligation and Balloon Tamponade

ERCP Complications

Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery

Liver biopsy

Complications of Colonoscopy

Capsule Endoscopy Complications

Endoscopic Ultrasound Complications

Specific Conditions

Foreign Body Impaction in the Esophagus

Esophageal Perforation

Perforation of the GI tract

Intestinal Obstruction

Management of Acute Upper Non-Variceal Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage

Acute Pancreatitis

Biliary Emergencies

Variceal Hemorrhage

Acute Liver Failure

Management of Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Alcoholic Hepatitis

Acute Appendicitis

Ischemic Bowel

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Infectious Diarrhea

Diverticular Disease

Gastrointestinal Complications of HIV Disease

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