Main description:

This comprehensive yet concise guide to the diagnosis and management of IBS is divided into four main parts: Overview, Diagnosis, Symptom-specific Treatment, and What's Next in IBS. Each chapter includes a summary of key points, and most chapters include cases and multiple choice questions for rapid review. Clinicians who manage patients with IBS will want to keep this dependable reference close at hand.

Contents:

List of Contributors, vii Foreword, ix Preface, xi Part 1 Overview of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 1 1 Definitions and Classifications of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 3 Alexander C. Ford 2 Epidemiology of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 23 Stefan Muller-Lissner 3 Global Impact of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 37 Eamonn M.M. Quigley Part 2 Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 51 4 What is the Best Way to Identify and Quantify Irritable Bowel Syndrome?, 53 Gururaj J. Kolar and G. Richard Locke, III 5 Practical Approach to Clinical Assessment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 69 Robin Spiller and Ching Lam 6 Interface between Primary Care and Secondary Care, 93 Nicholas S. Coleman and Hazel Everitt Part 3 Symptom-specific Treatment of IrritableBowel Syndrome, 119 7 Self-Management Strategies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 121 Monica E. Jarrett, Pamela Barney and Margaret M. Heitkemper 8 Food-related Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 141 Michel Dapoigny 9 Gut Inflammation in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 159 Kok-Ann Gwee 10 Psychological Factors and Treatments in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 183 Stephan R. Weinland and Douglas A. Drossman 11 Gut Motility Related Symptoms, 215 Juan-R. Malagelada and Carolina Malagelada 12 Gut Hypersensitivity Related Symptoms, 237 Adam D. Farmer, Madusha Peiris and Qasim Aziz 13 Abdominal Bloating, 263 Peter J. Whorwell 14 Sequencing the Treatments: The Book in One Chapter!, 277 Hans Tornblom and Magnus Simren Part 4 What s next in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 301 15 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Horizons for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 303 Jan Tack Index, 315