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E-book: Clinical Guide to Gastroenterology

Edited by (St Mark's and Northwick Park Hospitals, Harrow, UK), Series edited by (King's College Hospital, London), Edited by (Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK)
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  • Series: Clinical Guides
  • Pub. Date: 06-Mar-2019
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781119189176
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  • Format: PDF+DRM
  • Series: Clinical Guides
  • Pub. Date: 06-Mar-2019
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Language: eng
  • ISBN-13: 9781119189176
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"Clinical Guide to Gastroenterology is an accessible, quick-reference resource that provides practical, evidence-based information on investigations, interventions and management of clinical gastroenterological scenarios. It is packed full with bullet points, diagrams, tables, and algorithms of the important presentations and conditions within Clinical Gastroenterology. Divided into sections, the book offers in-depth coverage of presenting complaints in Gastroenterology, common conditions broken down by organ system, important investigations and procedures, and pharmacology. Detail is given to the sequence of clinical examination, investigations and management required to diagnose and treat a wide range of gastroenterological disorders. Provides information on symptoms, disorders and issues found in the clinical environment. Guides readers in decision-making, appropriate investigation, and conducting interventions. Includes important guidelines and clinical trials within each chapter. Supplemented by a companion website featuring a wealth of additional material, including more than 70 audio clips, over 50 clinical case studies, and almost 350 self-assessment questions, as well as key clinical trials and guidelines. Clinical Guide to Gastroenterology is amust-have text for junior doctors and medical students as well as doctors, nurses and trainees working within Emergency Departments, Medical, or Surgical Assessment Units"--Provided by publisher.

Clinical Guide to Gastroenterology is an accessible, quick-reference resource that provides practical, evidence-based information on investigations, interventions and management of clinical gastroenterological scenarios. It is packed full with bullet points, diagrams, tables, and algorithms of the important presentations and conditions within Clinical Gastroenterology.

Divided into sections, the book offers in-depth coverage of presenting complaints in Gastroenterology, common conditions broken down by organ system, important investigations and procedures, and pharmacology. Detail is given to the sequence of clinical examination, investigations and management required to diagnose and treat a wide range of gastroenterological disorders.

  • Provides information on symptoms, disorders and issues found in the clinical environment
  • Guides readers in decision-making, appropriate investigation, and conducting interventions
  • Includes important guidelines and clinical trials within each chapter
  • Supplemented by a companion website featuring a wealth of additional material, including more than 70 audio clips, over 50 clinical case studies, and almost 350 self-assessment questions, as well as key clinical trials and guidelines

Clinical Guide to Gastroenterology is a must-have text for junior doctors and medical students as well as doctors, nurses and trainees working within Emergency Departments, Medical, or Surgical Assessment Units.

List of Contributors
vii
Acronyms and Abbreviations ix
Podcast and Box Icons xiii
About the Companion Website xv
1.1 Examination Technique
1(12)
2.1 Dysphagia
13(14)
2.2 Dyspepsia
27(10)
2.3 Nausea and Vomiting
37(16)
2.4 Abdominal Pain
53(16)
2.5 Weight Loss (Online only)
2.6 Gl Bleeding
69(16)
2.7 Change in Bowel Habit
85(14)
2.8 Anaemia
99(18)
2.9 Jaundice
117(18)
3.1 Oral Cavity (Online only)
3.2 Oesophagus
135(30)
3.3 Stomach
165(20)
3.4 Small Intestine
185(24)
3.5 Large Intestine
209(34)
3.6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
243(22)
3.7 Liver
265(40)
3.8 Biliary Tract
305(20)
3.9 Pancreas
325(16)
4.1 Liver Biochemistry and Faecal Tests
341(6)
4.2 Abdominal Ultrasound (US)
347(8)
4.3 Abdominal X-ray
355(10)
4.4 CT Imaging
365(6)
4.5 Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD)
371(6)
4.6 Barium Swallow
377(6)
4.7 Capsule Endoscopy (Online only)
4.8 Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography
383(4)
4.9 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
387(6)
4 10 Enteral and Parenteral Feeding
393(10)
4.11 Proctoscopy and Rigid Sigmoidoscopy (Online only)
4 12 Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
403(56)
4.13 Colonoscopy
407(6)
4.14 Abdominal Paracentesis
413(6)
5.1 Pharmacology -- Dyspepsia
419(6)
5.2 Pharmacology -- IBD
425(12)
5.3 Pharmacology -- Liver Disease
437(10)
5.4 Pharmacology: Biliary and Pancreatic Disease
447(6)
5.5 Pharmacology -- Paracetamol Overdose
453(6)
Index 459
Yang Chen is a Core Medical Trainee, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK.

Maxton Pitcher is a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, St Mark's and Northwick Park Hospitals, Harrow, UK.

Series editor: Christian Fielder Camm is a Cardiology Specialist Registrar, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK.