Gastroenterology.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviation List -- About the Companion Website -- PART 1: Approach to Specific Complaints -- CHAPTER 1: Approach to Dysphagia -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention and secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 8: Guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 2: Approach to Nausea and Vomiting -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of the presenting complaint -- Incidence -- Economic impact -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Clinical diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment (Algorithm 2.1) -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 8: Guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 3: Approach to Abdominal Pain -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis.

Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 4: Approach to Diarrhea -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Clinical diagnosis (Algorithm 4.1) -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Table of treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 5: Approach to Constipation -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment (Algorithm 5.2) -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Children.

Elderly -- Others -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- International society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 6: Approach to Fecal Incontinence -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis (Algorithm 6.1) -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Children -- Elderly -- Others -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- International society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 7: Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 8: Guidelines.

Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 8: Approach to Nutrition Assessment -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Elderly -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 9: Approach to the Pregnant Patient with GI Disorders -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Others -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- PART 2: Specific Diseases/Conditions -- CHAPTER 10: Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology and pathogenesis -- Risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary and secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis.

Laboratory/diagnostic tests (Algorithm 10.1) -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications (Algorithm 10.2) -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Children -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 8: Guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 11: Barrett's Esophagus -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis (Algorithm 11.1) -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Table of treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Children -- Elderly -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Section 8: Guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 12: Eosinophilic Esophagitis -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis (Algorithm 12.1) -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment (Algorithm 12.2) -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations.

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