Gastroenterology illustrated colour text

A volume in the Illustrated Colour Text series covering Gastroenterology and liver disease. The book follows the usual format of the series as double page spreads each covering a discrete topic. The contents of the book are organised by presenting problem and are in ten sections. The book incorporates all the usual features of the series - colour line drawings, diagnostic algorithms, colour clinical photos (including endoscopic investigations) and other radiological images, as well as text features such as summary boxes etc.

THE CLINICAL APPROACH History Examination INVESTIGATIONS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY Standard investigations 1.Standard investigations 2.DYSPHAGIA The clinical approach Cancer of the oesphagus Barrett's oesophagus/Peptic stricture/Achlasia Neurological and infective causes of dysphagia GASTROINTESTINAL CAUSES OF CHEST PAIN The clinical approach Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease ABDOMINAL PAIN - CHRONIC The clinical approach Dyspepsia Peptic ulcer disease Gastric tumours Gallstones Irritable bowel syndrome Chronic pancreatitis ABDOMINAL PAIN - ACUTE The clinical approach Acute pancreatitis Acute appendicitis/Diverticular disease DIARRHOEAL ILLNESSES The clinical approach Coeliac disease (Coeliac sprue) Ulcerative colitis 1.Ulcerative colitis 2.Ulcerative colitis 3.Crohn's disease 1.Crohn's disease 2.Infective diarrhoea Miscellaneous colitides and other causes of diarrhoea Endocrine, post-surgical and lifestyle causes of diarrhoea CONSTIPATION AND PERIANAL PAIN The clinical approach Related conditions UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL HAEMORRHAGE The clinical approach CHRONIC GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING Iron deficiency anaemia Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding Colorectal cancer 1.Colorectal cancer 2.JAUNDICE AND LIVER DISEASES The clinical approach Bilirubin metabolism and liver function tests Alcoholic liver disease 1.Alcoholic liver disease 2.Disorders of iron and copper metabolism Inherited and infiltrative disorders Portal hypertension 1.Portal hypertension 2.Cholestatic liver diseases Obstructive jaundice Tumours and abscesses of the liver Acute hepatitis Drugs and the liver Chronic viral hepatitis Autoimmune hepatitis and liver transplantation Pregnancy and liver disease NUTRITION Normal nutrition Index

Medical Students, Junior doctors, Nurses working in this specialty, also Specialist Registrars in Gastroenterology, Pharmaceutical companies (in fascicle form)