Clinical Guide to Gastroenterology

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.

CONTENTS

1.1 Examination Technique

2.1 Dysphagia

2.2 Dyspepsia

2.3 Nausea & Vomiting

2.4 Abdominal pain

2.5 Weight loss

2.6 GI Bleeding

2.7 Change in bowel habit

2.8 Anaemia

2.9 Jaundice

3.1 Oral Cavity

3.2 Oesophagus

3.3 Stomach

3.4 Small intestine

3.5 Large Intestine

3.6 Inflammatory bowel disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome

3.7 Liver

3.8 Biliary Tract

3.09 Pancreas

4.1 Liver biochemistry & faecal tests

4.2 Abdominal Ultrasound

4.3 Abdominal X-ray

4.4 CT Imaging

4.5 Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD)

4.6 Barium Swallow

4.7 Capsule endoscopy

4.8 Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)

4.9 Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

4.10 Enteral and Parenteral Feeding

4.11 Proctoscopy and Rigid sigmoidoscopy

4.12 Flexible sigmoidoscopy

4.13 Colonoscopy

4.14 Abdominal Paracentesis

5.1 Pharmacology - Dyspepsia

5.2 Pharmacology – Inflammatory bowel disease

5.3 Pharmacology – Liver disease

5.4 Pharmacology – Biliary and Pancreatic disease

5.5 Pharmacology – Paracetamol overdose

Yang Chen, MA (Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), is a Core Medical Trainee at Barts Health NHS Trust.

Maxton Pitcher, MA, MD (Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), FRCP, is a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at St Mark’s and Northwick Park Hospitals, Harrow.

Series editor: Christian F. Camm MA (Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), MRCP, Cardiology Specialist Registrar, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.