Gastrointestinal Tract Imaging An Evidence-Based Practice Guide

The last decade has seen enormous upheaval within all aspects of health care, and the gastrointestinal/ gastroenterology (GI) service has been no exception. Increasing demand for new and established diagnostic and interventional procedures has encouraged innovative models of service delivery, resulting in a range of health professionals crossing traditional practice boundaries. In particular, nurses and radiographers have seized the opportunity to develop their scope of practice, managing a range of procedures including colonoscopy, barium studies and CT colonography. This has, in many cases, freed both radiologists and gastroenterologists to take on new roles in the interventional service.

The development of new procedures and new ways of working has promoted a renewed enthusiasm for critical evaluation of the GI service as a whole. As practitioners and clinicians learn new skills and extend their scope of practice it is essential that they have a thorough understanding of the basis of safe, effective and evidence based practice. This book offers the reader a detailed overview of the range of imaging procedures that may be employed in the investigation of gastrointestinal tract pathology, and explores current practice related to the subsequent patient care pathways and treatment options. It has been designed as a detailed reference guide for all health professionals who have a direct involvement in the GI tract and its imaging, including those who may be referring patients for GI radiological investigation, those professionals who are performing and subsequently reporting the procedures, and the clinicians responsible for the subsequent patient management.

This book offers a unique insight into the rapidly changing radiology service, and offers introductory chapters which provide the fundamental underpinning knowledge required for safe and effective GI practice. Subsequent chapters discuss the evidence base related to a range of imaging procedures suitable for investigation of upper and lower GI symptoms, supported by key pathology chapters. The book also explores the range of treatments available for the more common GI tract pathology.

• Multi professional authorship.
• Detailed evidence-informed explanations of a range of individual GI procedures, including suggestions for problem solving and adaptation of technique.
• With extensive illustrations, medical images, boxes and tables.
• References and further reading.
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Foreword - Giles Maskell.
Chapter 1 - Evolving practice and shifting boundaries in gastrointestinal tract imaging (Julie Nightingale, Myke Kudlas, Liza Ricote)
Chapter 2 - Medico-legal aspects of gastrointestinal imaging practice (P. Hogg, C.E. Thompson-Hogg)
Chapter 3 - Introduction to patient preparation and pharmacology for gastrointestinal tract examinations (Alison Booth)
Chapter 4 - Applied anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract (Julie Nightingale)
Chapter 5 - Symptoms of the upper gastrointestinal disease (Christopher Wong)
Chapter 6 - Investigation of salivary gland disease (Vivian Ruishton)
Chapter 7 - Videofluoroscopy (Roger D. Newman)
Chapter 8 - Flouoroscopic examinations of the pharynx, oesophagus and stomach (Robert L. Law)
Chapter 9 - Tumours of the upper gastrointestinal tract (Myla Nasir, Najib Haboubi, Emil Salmo)
Chapter 10 - Symptoms of lower gastrointestinal disease (Anne M. Pullyblank)
Chapter 11 - Fluoroscopically guided fine bone intubation (Robert L. Law)
Chapter 12 - Fluoroscopic investigations of the small bowel (Robert L. Law)
Chapter 13 - Fluoroscopic investigations of the large bowel (Robert L. Law); Defaecating proctography (Helen Carter)
Chapter 14 - Tumours of the small and large intestine (Emil Salmo, Najib Haboubi)
Chapter 15 - An introduction to diverticular disease (Robert L. Law)
Chapter 16 - Introduction to inflammatory conditions of the small and large bowel (Ian Shaw)
Chapter 17 - Cross sectional investigations, nuclear medicine, and ultrasound of the small and large bowel (Jessie aw, S. Gandhi)
Chapter 18 - CT colonography (Christine Bloor)
Chapter 19 - Introduction to the reporting of gastrointestinal radiological procedures (Gary Culpan)
Chapter 20 - Endoscopy of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract (Anne M. Pullyblank, Christopher Wong)
Chapter 21 - Common surgical procedures of the gastrointestinal tract (Anne M. Pullyblank, Christopher Wong)
Chapter 22 - Upper gastrointestinal and colorectal stenting, Part 1: Upper GI tract stenting (Robert L. Law), Part 2: Colorectal stenting (Derek Martin, Robert L. Law)
Chapter 23 - Radiotherapy and chemotherapy of GI tract malignancy (Neil A. Bayman, M.P. Saunders)
Index

Postgraduate and undergraduate diagnostic radiography students; nurses on postgraduate and CPD programmes; students on US radiologist assistant programmes; radiographers and and nurses specialising in gastrointestinal/gastroenterology/endoscopy fields. Doctors training within radiology, gastroenterology and GI surgical specialisms. GPs and other professionals who refer patients for GI invesigation

Market ratio practitioner to student: 80:20

Market numbers:
Currently approx 6 universities offering postgrad courses in GI imaging but this is an expanding area of demand. Approx 1300 undergraduate diagnostic radiography students annually. Approx 2000 GI specialist radiographers; approx 24,000 registered radiographers in total.

Conference: UK radiological congress, held every year in May or June
Cluster with Carver & Carver: Medical Imaging; Hardy & Snaith: Musculoskeletal Trauma