Problem-based Approach to Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Taking the problem-based approach, this text helps clinicians improve their diagnostic and therapeutic skills in a focused and practical manner. The cases included demonstrate the diversity of clinical practice in the specialty worldwide, and are divided into five major sections: Upper GI, Pancreato-Biliary, Liver, Small and Large Bowel, and Miscellaneous.

Preface vii Contributors viii Part One Gastroenterology 1 Dysphagia 3 Nirmala Gonsalves, Ikuo Hirano, and John N. Plevris 2 The Problem of Heartburn, and Atypical Chest Pain 17 Ronnie Fass and Tiberiu Hershcovici 3 The Clinical Approach to Dyspepsia 39 Mary Farid and Brennan Spiegel 4 Acute, Recurrent, and Chronic Abdominal Pain 44 Brian E. Lacy and Chad C. Spangler 5 Hematemesis, Melena, and Occult Bleeding/Anemia 64 Grigorios I. Leontiadis and Virender K. Sharma 6 Acute Diarrhea and Vomiting 72 John P. Flaherty and Michael P. Angarone 7 Chronic Diarrhea and Malabsorption 84 Paul Beck, Remo Panaccione, and Subrata Ghosh 8 Rectal Bleeding 96 Matthew Shale, Lotte Dinesen, and Subrata Ghosh 9 Multisystem Disorders and Gastrointestinal Disease 106 Lynne A. Meekison and John N. Plevris Part Two Hepatology and Pancreatobiliary 10 Clinical Approach to Pancreatobiliary Disease 117 Erica J. Revie, Lisa J. Massie, Anne-Marie Lennon, and O. James Garden 11 The Problem of Right Upper Quadrant Pain 132 Malcolm B. Barnes and Simon Glance 12 Abnormal Liver Function Tests: Diagnostic Approach 144 Timothy T. Gordon-Walker and John P. Iredale 13 The Acute Liver Failure Patient 162 Neil C. Henderson and Kenneth J. Simpson 14 The Chronic Liver Disease Patient 174 Joanna K. Dowman and Phil N. Newsome 15 Portal Hypertension: A Management Problem 189 Norma C. McAvoy and Peter C. Hayes 16 Infections in the Liver 202 Veerendra Sandur and George Therapondos 17 The Liver Transplant Recipient 212 Prakash Ramachandran and Andrew J. Bathgate 18 Incidental Radiological Findings in the Asymptomatic Patient 226 Tiffany J. Campbell and Dilip Patel Index 241