This title provides a point-of-care reference for busy clinicians who need the best evidence based answers to patient questions at their fingertips. Additionally, it guides clinicians through the complicated therapeutic management of IBD including drug initiation, medications side effects and complications, therapeutic level monitoring and accurate disease monitoring. Lastly, it addresses special situations such as alternative therapies, pregnancy, fertility, and lactation. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Point-of-Care Reference Guide will be a valuable reference for Gastroenterologists, Gastroenterology Fellows and Mid-Level Providers.

Provides answers questions that are frequently posed to providers who care for IBD patients Pre and post-surgical patient management is addressed in a way that can best be conveyed to patients Written by experts in the field of IBD

Autorentext
Daniel J. Stein, MD Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI USA Reza Shaker,MD Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI USA.

Klappentext

This volume provides a unique point-of-care reference for clinicians who care for Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients. Busy clinicians need the best evidence based answers to patient questions at their fingertips at the time questions present themselves. Each chapter is based on responses to common IBD patient questions from IBD experts who answer these questions everyday. Through these questions this book guides clinicians through the complicated management of IBD; including disease onset and natural history, therapy initiation, medications complications, therapeutic monitoring, surgery and accurate disease monitoring. Lastly, the book addresses special situations, such as alternative therapies, pregnancy, and fertility.

Written by experts in the field, Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Point of Care Clinical Guid e is a valuable reference for gastroenterologists, gastroenterology fellows, mid-level providers and any clinician involved in the care of IBD patients.

Inhalt

1. Why did this happen to me?: Epidemiology, Genetics, Environment, and Etiology of IBD.- 2. So what is Crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis?: Making the proper diagnosis, avoiding IBD mimickers, and identifying factors that distinguish CD from UC.- 3. What happens if I do nothing?: The natural history of IBD, treated and untreated.- 4. Proper staging and management of newly diagnosed Crohn's disease.- 5. Proper staging and management of newly diagnosed Ulcerative colitis.- 6. Monitoring for common side effects and adverse reactions of IBD medications.- 7. Healthcare maintenance in patients with IBD.- 8. Pregnancy and unique women's issues in IBD.- 9. Imaging and IBD.- 10. Perianal Crohn's disease.- 11. Surgical management of Crohn's disease.- 12. Management of severe/fulminant Ulcerative colitis.- 13. Surgical management of Ulcerative colitis.- 14. Post operative management of IBD patients.- 15. Pouchitis.- 16. Ostomies.