Probiotics A Clinical Guide

by Floch, Martin; Kim, Adam S.

• ISBN13: 9781556429095
• ISBN10: 1556429096
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781040135662
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-15
• Publisher: Slack Incorporated
• More Book Details

Summary

Probiotics: A Clinical Guideis one of the first books on the market to present current and evidence-based recommendations for the gastroenterologist on the use of probiotics as a way to treat specific diseases and disorders. .Why You Will Want Probiotics: A Clinical Guide: bull; Unique focus on the clinical side of probiotics in a wide variety of diseases bull; Comprehensive review of the science behind probiotics and probiotic products bull; In-depth review of current literature for specific diseases or disorders bull; Recommendations of the use of probiotics is supported by evidence-based clinical trials bull; Each chapter includes a table that outlines the exact probiotic organisms and dosages that are the most efficacious.A glance at what is inside Probiotics: A Clinical Guide: Basic Physiology Intestinal microecology; stimulating the immune response, nutrients to nourish the organism, role in fermentation and metabolism, and much morehellip; Use in Clinical Medicine Prebiotics & probiotics in children, adult infectious diarrhea, surgical infections, allergic disease, ulcerative colitis, crohnrs"s disease, liver disease, and morehellip;Probiotics: A Clinical Guideby Dr. Martin Floch & Dr. Adam Kim is a ground-breaking book that will serve as a valuable reference and clinical guide for gastroenterologists, internists, family practitioners, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

Author Biography

Martin H. Floch, MD, MACG, FACP, AGAF is a graduate of New York University, has a master’s degree from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, and received his MD from New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. He completed his residency at Beth Israel Hospital, New York and gastroenterology training at the former Seton Hall College of Medicine, South Orange, NJ.   

He is a Master of the American College of Gastroenterology, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, as well as the American Gastroenterology Association. Dr. Floch has had numerous NIH grants at Yale University, New Haven and Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, CT. He was Chairman of Internal Medicine at Norwalk Hospital from 1970 to 1994, and founding Chief of Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Norwalk Hospital, which he assumed after founding the Norwalk Medical Group.    

Presently Dr. Floch is Chief of Ambulatory Gastroenterology at Yale New Haven Hospital and sees patients as well as teaches at the Yale Medical Group, Digestive Disease Section. In addition to his clinical responsibilities, Dr. Floch is conducting research on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diverticulitis, and probiotics. A registry for IBS patients has been formed and there will be several trials of the effects of probiotics on IBS patients. Dr. Floch is renowned for his work in probiotics, and has lectured on the subject at numerous universities and medical centers in this country and internationally.    

Adam S. Kim, MD was raised in the suburbs of Minneapolis, Minnesota and is currently a gastroenterologist working in the Twin Cities area with Minnesota Gastroenterology, PA.    

He received his bachelor’s degree at Colorado College in Colorado Springs. He then attended medical school at the University of Minnesota, where he studied the intestinal flora and its role in disease and health. Dr. Kim completed his Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He then went on to complete his Gastroenterology Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. During his time at Yale University, Dr. Kim became increasingly interested in the use of probiotics and started collaborating with Dr. Martin Floch on how best to use probiotics in clinical medicine.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. v
About the Editors	p. xi
Contributing Authors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
Basic Physiology
Intestinal Microecology	p. 3
Intraluminal Defenses	p. 13
Barrier Function and the Immune Response	p. 21
Probiotics and the Allergic Response	p. 41
Quantification and Identification of Probiotic Organisms in Humans	p. 55
Nutrients to Nourish the Organisms: Prebiotics and Fiber	p. 71
Fermentation and the Effects of Probiotics on Host Metabolism	p. 83
Use of Probiotic Yogurts in Health and Disease	p. 95
Single and Multiple Probiotic Organisms in Therapy of Disease	p. 121
Development of Cultured Dairy Probiotic Food Products	p. 131
Use in Clinical Medicine
Use of Probiotics and Prebiotics in Children	p. 141
Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis	p. 181
The Role of Probiotics in Diarrheal Diseases	p. 195
Probiotics and Their Role in Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile Infection	p. 207
Use of Probiotics in the Treatment and Prevention of Surgical Infections	p. 219
Allergic Diseases	p. 233
Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis	p. 243
Probiotic Treatment in Crohn's Disease	p. 253
Probiotics and Pouchitis	p. 267
Irritable Bowel Syndrome	p. 273
Use of Probiotics in the Prevention and Treatment of Radiation Enteritis	p. 283
Probiotics and Helicobacter pylori	p. 295
Probiotics in Liver Disease	p. 307
Pribiotics Use in Bacterial Vaginosis and Vulvovaginal Candidiasis	p. 321
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.