Practical Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

by George Gershman (David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA); Marvin Ament (David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA)

• ISBN13: 9780470987315
• ISBN10: 0470987316
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-06-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Practical Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy is the only text available that provides detailed instructions of all practical aspects of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures in children. It gives detailed descriptions of the investigation, diagnosis and therapeutic pediatric GI endoscopy treatments with special attention to the differences between instruments used for adults and for pediatric patients. The advice is based on unique personal experience of thousands of endoscopic or colonoscopic procedures, written by a team of authors with experience in performing the diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures in children and infants of all ages. The key points of each step are accompanied by easy-to-follow color diagrams and a comprehensive atlas of endoscopic images, illustrating both normal and abnormal pathology, aiding and perfecting diagnosis and treatment. The step-by-step description of each procedure explains the purpose of each maneuvre, with much greater emphases on the practical aspects of diagnostics and therapeutic procedures to provide the best results and maximize patient safety. It looks at patient care before, during and after procedures and considers the new and less invasive Wireless Capsule Endoscopy options that will be less traumatic for the pediatric patient.

Table of Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Settings and Staff

The endoscopy unit

Pediatric endoscopy nurse

Disinfections of the endoscopes and accessories

Documentation

Further Reading

Equipment

Overview

Insertion tube

Video image capture

"Reading" the image created on the CCD

Types of CCDs

History of endoscope CCD development

Shape of displayed image

Reproduction of color

Reproduction of motion

Transillumination

Laser therapy with video endoscopes

Image resolution

Color reproduction accuracy

Troubleshooting

Endosco

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