Pancreas and Biliary Disease, 1st ed. 2016 A Point of Care Clinical Guide

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of common disorders affecting the pancreas and the bile duct. The book reviews the anatomy and laboratory test relevant to the pathophysiology of the disease, categorizes the symptoms under clinical scenarios like ?incidental finding? or ?painless jaundice?, defines accuracy (or lack of) of the investigations used, and formulates a management plan as per evidence-based recommendations. The spectrum of diseases covered include commonly occurring benign conditions like pancreatitis, gall stone disease, bile duct strictures, and malignant diseases of the pancreas, gall bladder and the bile ducts. Also included are topics on motility disorders of the pancreaticobiliary system and pre-malignant conditions. 

Written by experts in the field, Pancreas and Biliary Diseases: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable reference resource for clinicians who need the latest evidence-based approach to manage these complex patients and answer questions the patient or the referring doctors may have regarding pancreas and biliary diseases. 

 

Chapter 1. Elevated Amylase and Lipase: Physiology Including Non-Pancreatitis Related Elevations

Brian Rajca, Nalini Guda

Part 1. Clinical Scenario: Abdominal Pain With or Without Elevated Amylase and Lipase

Chapter 2. Acute Pancreatitis

Raghuwansh P. Sah, Santhi Swaroop Vege

Chapter 3. Chronic Pancreatitis

Rupjyoti Talukdar, D. Nageshwar Reddy

Chapter 4. Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis

Venkata N. Muddana, Nalini M. Guda 

Chapter 5. Steroid-Responsive Chronic Pancreatitides: Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Idiopathic Duct Centric Chronic Pancreatitis

Nicolo' de Pretis, Yan Bi, Saurabh Mukewar, Suresh Chari 

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Part 2. Clinical Scenario: Painless Jaundice/Unintentional Weight Loss

Chapter 6. Pancreas Adenocarcinoma and Ampullary Cancer

Chad Barnes, Kathleen K. Christians, Douglas B. Evans, Susan Tsai 

Part 3. Clinical Scenario: Incidental Finding on CT/Dizziness/Secretary Diarrhea/Skin Rash

Chapter 7. Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas

George Younan, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans, Kathleen K. Christians 

Part 4. Clinical Scenario: Incidental Finding on CT

Chapter 8. Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas

Omer Basar, William R. Brugge 

Chapter 9. Bile Duct: Brief Anatomy, Investigations Used

Abdul H. Khan 

Part 5. Clinical Scenario: Pain/ Fever /Jaundice

Chapter 10. Gallstone Disease

Travis P. Webb

Chapter 11. Choledocholithiasis including Acute Cholangitis

Srinivas Gaddam, Simon K. Lo

Chapter 12. Benign Biliary Strictures

Sheeva Parbhu, Douglas G. Adler 

Chapter 13. Cholangiocarcinoma

Abdulrahman Y. Hammad, Nicholas G. Berger, T. Clark Gamblin

Chapter 14. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

José Franco 

Part 6. Clinical Scenario: Painless Jaundice

Chapter 15. Gallbladder Cancer

Abdulrahman Y. Hammad, Natesh Shivakumar, T. Clark Gamblin 

Part 7. Clinical Scenario: “Biliary” Pain With or Without Intermittent Elevation of LFTs/Lipase

Chapter 16. Motility Disorders

Walter J. Hogan, Jennifer A. Cahill