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.

Presented in an easy-to-read case-based format Features essential teaching points in each chapter Written by experts in the field

Autorentext
Brian E. Lacy, PhD, MDMayo ClinicJacksonville, FL USA
John K. DiBaise, MDMayo ClinicScottsdale, AZ USA
Mark Pimentel, MD, FRCPCCedars-Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA USA
Dr. Alexander C. FordLeeds Gastroenterology InstituteLeeds Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustLeeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical SciencesUniversity of LeedsLeedsUK

Inhalt
Approach to Nausea and Vomiting.- Gastroparesis.- Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting.- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome and Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome.- Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction.- A Diagnostic Approach to Dyspepsia.- Helicobacter Pylori and Related Diseases.- Functional Dyspepsia.- Rumination Syndrome.- Gas-Bloat Syndrome.- A Diagnostic Approach to Chronic Abdominal Pain.- Vascular Disorders.- Centrally Mediated Abdominal Pain Syndrome.- Post-Cholecystectomy Pain.- Common Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeries.- Complications of Gastrointestinal Surgery.- Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity.- Non-Celiac Small Bowel Enteropathies.- Protein-Losing Enteropathy.- Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.- Food Allergies, Food Intolerances and Carbohydrate Malabsorption.