Main description:

This casebook provides a concise yet comprehensive state-of-the art review of common stomach and small intestine disorders. The casebook is divided into five parts, each of which focuses on a major disorder, symptom, or clinical scenario related to the stomach and small intestine, including dyspepsia, small bowel disorders, nausea and vomiting, chronic abdominal pain, and post-operative GI surgery challenges. Each part is comprised of cases illustrating different aspects of the subject, with each case containing sections on case presentation, objectives, epidemiology and etiology, diagnostic evaluation and treatment, case follow-up, clinical pearls, and Q&A. Some major topics presented in these cases include nausea and vomiting in the pregnant patient, gas-bloat, functional abdominal pain, post-GI surgery complications, and celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. Written by internationally renowned experts in the field, Essential Medical Disorders of the Stomach and Small Intestine: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for clinicians and practitioners who treat patients afflicted with disorders of the stomach and small intestine.

Contents:

Section 1. Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 1. Approach to Nausea and Vomiting Zubair Malik, Henry Parkman
Chapter 2. Gastroparesis Priya Vijayvargiya, Michael Camilleri
Chapter 3. Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting Ted Walker, Gregory S. Sayuk
Chapter 4. Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and Cannabinoid Hyperemesis SyndromeD. J. Levinthal and Michael Kingsley
Chapter 5. Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-ObstructionSobia N. Laique, Scott L. Gabbard

Section 2. Dyspepsia and Other Disorders of Neuromuscular Function
Chapter 6. A Diagnostic Approach to DyspepsiaKimberly Harer, William L. Hasler
Chapter 7. Helicobacter Pylori and Related Diseases Muhammad Ali Khan, Colin W. Howden
Chapter 8. Functional Dyspepsia Nicholas J. Talley, Dane R. Cook
Chapter 9. Rumination SyndromeNeelima Bonthi, Magnus Halland, David A. Katzka
Chapter 10. Gas-Bloat Syndrome Carolina Malagelada, Juan R. Malagelada

Section 3. Chronic Abdominal Pain: Common and Uncommon Causes
Chapter 11. A Diagnostic Approach to Chronic Abdominal Pain Amrit K. Kamboj, Amy S. Oxentenko
Chapter 12. Vascular Disorders David A. Tendler
Chapter 13. Centrally Mediated Abdominal Pain SyndromeImran Aziz, Hans Toernblom, Magnus Simren
Chapter 14. Post-Cholecystectomy PainEnrico Stefano Corazziari, Nadia Pallotta

Section 4. Demystifying the Challenging Post-Operative Patient
Chapter 15. Common Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeries Steven P. Bowers
Chapter 16. Complications of Gastrointestinal SurgeryAmar Mandalia, Allison R. Schulman

Section 5. Small Bowel Disorders
Chapter 17. Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten SensitivityAmanda K. Cartee, Joseph A. Murray
Chapter 18. Non-Celiac Small Bowel EnteropathiesIsabel A. Hujoel, Alberto Rubio-Tapia
Chapter 19. Protein-Losing Enteropathy Andrew Copland and Brooke Corning
Chapter 20. Small Intestinal Bacterial OvergrowthEamonn M. M. Quigley
Chapter 21. Food Allergies, Food Intolerances and Carbohydrate Malabsorption John Leung, Apaar Dadlani, Sheila Eileen Crowe
Appendix Answers to Self-Test Questions