Therapy of Digestive Disorders : A Companion to Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease

by Wolfe

• ISBN13: 9780721673400
• ISBN10: 0721673406
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-21
• Publisher: Saunders

Summary

This is a well-referenced, up-to-date, and authoritative textbook for treating patients with disorders of the gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary tracts. Its complete, compact coverage makes it a practical clinical reference and a valuable complement to Feldman, Scharschmidt, & Sleisenger: Sleisenger & Fordtrans GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISEASE, 6th Edition. Chapters are arranged to correspond with the parent text, allowing readers to easily refer back and forth. It also focuses on therapeutics while addressing relevant aspects of pathophysiology, clinical features and diagnosis.

Table of Contents

Section 1 ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS
Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease	3	(14)
Robert S. Fisher
Achalasia	17	(10)
Henry P. Parkman
Sidney Cohen
Approach to the Patient with Noncardiac Chest Pain	27	(10)
Joel E. Richter
Treatment of Esophageal Disorders Caused by Medications, Caustic Ingestion, Foreign Bodies, and Trauma	37	(17)
Umesh Choudhry
H. Worth Boyce
Treatment of Esophageal Cancer	54	(9)
Dervis Bandres
David E. Fleischer
Section 2 GASTRODUODENAL DISORDERS
Molecular Targets in Therapy of Acid-Related Diseases	63	(18)
George Sachs
Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection	81	(15)
M. Brian Fennerty
Therapy and Prevention of NSAID-Related Gastrointestinal Disorders	96	(17)
M. Michael Wolfe
Treatment of Acute Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer	113	(14)
Jia-Qing Huang
Richard H. Hunt
Management of Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage	127	(26)
David R. Lichtenstein
Gastric Outlet Obstruction, Perforation, and Other Complications of Gastroduodenal Ulcer	153	(16)
David I. Soybel
Treatment of Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and Other Gastric Hypersecretory States	169	(19)
Robert T. Jensen
Treatment of Gastric Volvulus and Diaphragmatic Hernias	188	(9)
Jonathan F. Critchlow
Adenocarcinoma and Other Tumors of the Stomach	197	(10)
Jill Palmer Smith
Section 3 PANCREATICOBILIARY DISORDERS
Treatment of Gallstones	207	(12)
Joanne M. Donovan
Steven J. Shields
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis	219	(8)
Konstantinos N. Lazaridis
Russell H. Wiesner
Nicholas F. LaRusso
Management of Acute Pancreatitis	227	(8)
William M. Steinberg
Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis	235	(12)
Chris E. Forsmark
Phillip P. Toskes
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma	247	(5)
Bernard Levin
Cholangiocarcinoma and Other Tumors of the Biliary Tree	252	(7)
Armin K. Moshyedi
Jean-Nicolas Vauthey
Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas	259	(16)
John Del Valle
Section 4 HEPATIC DISORDERS
Treatment of Genetic Hemochromatosis, Wilson Disease, and Other Metabolic Disorders of the Liver	275	(14)
Carl L. Berg
Maureen M. Jonas
John L. Gollan
Prophylaxis and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis	289	(18)
Gary L. Davis
Autoimmune Hepatitis	307	(8)
Edward L. Krawitt
Gilda Porta
Bacterial, Fungal, and Granulomatous Diseases of the Liver	315	(8)
Nezam H. Afdhal
Treatment of Alcoholic Liver Disease	323	(11)
Charles L. Mendenball
Prevention and Therapy of Drug-Induced Hepatic Injury	334	(15)
Laurie D. DeLeve
Neil Kaplowitz
Management of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis	349	(6)
Young-Mee Lee
Marshall M. Kaplan
Variceal Hemorrhage	355	(18)
David Patch
Andrew K. Burroughs
Therapy of Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis	373	(12)
Pere Gines
Vicente Arroyo
Joan Rodes
Therapy of Portosystemic Encephalopathy	385	(13)
S. Dasarathy
Kevin D. Mullen
Hepatorenal Syndrome	398	(7)
Murray Epstein
Fulminant Hepatic Failure	405	(7)
J. P. Donovan
Michael F. Sorrell
Long-Term Care of the Liver Transplant Patient	412	(9)
Rowen K. Zetterman
Management of Tumors of the Liver	421	(8)
Adrian M. Di Bisceglie
John M. Richart
Approach to Neonatal Jaundice	429	(9)
Michael D. Bates
William F. Balistreri
Approach to the Pregnant Patient with Jaundice	438	(10)
J. Eileen Hay
Nutritional Therapy in Liver Disease	448	(19)
Arthur J. McCullough
Section 5 INTESTINAL DISORDERS
Pharmacology of Prokinetic Agents	467	(10)
Michael Camilleri
Treatment of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome	477	(14)
Nicholas J. Talley
Treatment of Malabsorptive Disorders	491	(12)
Norton J. Greenberger
Treatment of Acute Infectious Diarrhea	503	(10)
Ralph A. Giannella
Treatment of Clostridium difficile Diarrhea and Colitis	513	(10)
Ciaran P. Kelly
J. Thomas LaMont
Treatment of Parasitic Diseases of the Small Intestine and Colon	523	(10)
Peter D. Walzer
Treatment of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis	533	(8)
James H. Caldwell
Treatment of Radiation Enterocolitis	541	(16)
David L. Earnest
Approach to the Patient with Short-Bowel Syndrome	557	(8)
Douglas W. Wilmore
Theresa A. Byrne
Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease	565	(26)
Stephen B. Hanauer
Mechanical Obstruction of the Intestine	591	(8)
Richard A. Hodin
Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction	599	(10)
Juan-R. Malagelada
Treatment of Hirschsprung's Disease	609	(8)
Samuel Nurko
Treatment of Diverticular Disease of the Colon	617	(12)
Jeffrey B. Matthews
Mesenteric Insufficiency	629	(7)
Asher Hirshberg
Raphael Adar
Treatment of Volvulus and Intussusception	636	(9)
Jarle Norstein
Polyps, Adenocarcinomas, and Other Intestinal Tumors	645	(29)
Paul C. Schroy III
Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Anorectal Diseases	674	(8)
Ronald Fried
Christina Surawicz
Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding	682	(19)
Adam Slivka
Robert E. Schoen
Hemorrhoids and Other Anorectal Disorders	701	(10)
Ronald Bleday
Section 6 MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS
Approach to the Patient with Acute Abdominal Pain	711	(6)
Leon Goldman
William Silen
Approach to the Patient with Dyspepsia	717	(14)
Ray E. Clouse
Therapy of Nausea and Vomiting	731	(16)
Kenneth L. Koch
Treatment of Constipation and Diarrhea	747	(9)
Lawrence R. Schiller
Treatment of Fecal Incontinence	756	(11)
Mark B. Sostek
James M. Becker
Treatment of Esophageal Infections in the Immunocompromised Host	767	(18)
Henry S. Fraimow
Robert S. Klein
Enteric Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts	785	(24)
Michael S. Karasik
Biliary Infections in the Immunocomprimised Patient	809	(10)
Douglas Simon
Lawrence J. Brandt
Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation	819	(23)
Stuart L. Goldberg
Nutritional Support in the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease	842	(9)
Jeffrey Sternberg
Bruce R. Bistrian
Index	851