Therapy of Digestive Disorders

Edited By

M. Michael Wolfe, MD, Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine; Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
Gary Davis, MD, Director, Division of Hepatology/Liver Transplantation, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Francis Farraye, MD, MSc,, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Section of Gastroenterology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Ralph Giannella, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Digestive Diseases Department, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Juan-R Malagelada, MD, Professor of Digestive Diseases, Hospital Universitari Vall d?Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Michael Steer, MD, Chief of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Description

Leading experts in gastroenterology assist you in making the best treatment decisions with coverage that encompasses modes of therapy, special populations, and symptom management. You'll find comprehensive, well-referenced, evidence-based treatment guidelines for a full range of digestive disorders, as well as in-depth information on pathogenesis, goals of therapy, medical and surgical treatment, prophylaxis, and more.

Audience

Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists

Contents

• I. Modes of therapy
  1. Molecular and Cellular Targets in Therapy of Acid-related Diseases 2. Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Motor and Sensory Disorders of the Gut 3. Probiotics 4. Nutrition Support in the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease 5. Nutrition and Malnutrition in Liver Disease
• II. Special considerations in dosing/Considerations in special populations: The Immunocompromised host
  6. Esophageal Infections 7. Enteric Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts 8. Biliary Infections in the Immunocompromised Patient 9. Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation 10. Pregnancy 11. Treatment of the Elderly Patient 12. Children
• III. Management of ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS
  13. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 14. Barrett's Esophagus 15. Management of Achalasia 16. Treatment of Esophageal Disorders caused by Medications, Caustic Ingestion, Foreign Bodies and Trauma 17. Approach to the Patient with Esophageal Cancer
• IV. Management of GASTRODUODENAL DISORDERS
  18. Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection 19. Therapy and Prevention of NSAID-related Gastrointestinal Disorders 20. Treatment of Non-NSAID and Non-H. Pylori Gastroduodenal Ulcers and Hypersecretory States 21. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 22. Gastric Outlet Obstruction, Perofration and other Complications of Gastroduodenal Ulcer 23. Treatment of Gastric Volvulus and Diaphragmatic Hernias 24. Gastric Neoplasia
• V. Management of PANCREATICOBILIARY DISORDERS
  25. Biliary Tract Stones 26. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 27. Acute Pancreatitis 28. Chronic Pancreatiis 29. Pancreatic Cancer 30. Cholangiocarcinoma and Other Biliary Tumors 31. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome and other Neuroendocrine Tumors
• VI. Management of HEPATIC DISORDERS
  32. Treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis, Wilson Disease, and other Metabolic Disorders of the Liver 33. Prophylaxis and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis 34. Autoimmune Hepatitis 35. Bacterial, Fungal and Granulomatous Diseases of the Liver 36. Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 37. Drug-induced Hepatic Injury (Prevention) 38. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 39. Variceal Hemorrhage 40. Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 41. Hepatic Encephalopathy 42. Hepatorenal Syndrome 43. Fulminant Hepatic Failure 44. Long-term Care of the Liver Transplant Recipient 45. Primary Tumors of the Liver 46. Neonatal Jaundice 47. The Pregnant Patient with Jaundice
• VII. Management of INTESTINAL DISORDERS
  48. Irritable Bowel Syndrome 49. Celiac Sprue and other Malabsorptive Disorders 50. Treatment of Acute Infectious Diarrheas 51. Treatment of Clostridium difficile Diarrhea and Colitis 52. Treatment of Intestinal Parasitic Diseases 53. Treatment of Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis 54. Treatment of Radiation-induced Enterocolitis: a Mechanistic Approach 55. Approach to the Patient with Short-bowel Syndrome 56. Crohn's Disease 57. Ulcerative Colitis 58. Intestinal Obstruction 59. Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction 60. Hirschsprung's Disease 61. Diverticular Disease of the Colon 62. Vascular Insufficiency 63. Neoplastic Diseases of the Small and Large Bowel 64. Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Anorectal Diseases 65. Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 66. Hemorrhoids and other Anorectal Disorders
• VIII. Therapy of Symptoms/symptom-oriented management/Symptom-based treatments
  67. Acute Abdominal Pain 68. Noncardiac Chest Pain 69. Dyspepsia 70. Nausea and Vomiting 71. Constipation and Diarrhea 72. Treatment of Fecal Incontinence