Principles of Clinical Gastroenterology gives the reader easy access to approaches that a clinician might take to common symptoms and signs presented by patients with such disorders.

Principles of Clinical Gastroenterology will be an invaluable resource whether to a gastroenterologist, internist, surgeon, or other clinician who sees patients with gastrointestinal and liver disorders.

Contents

1. Clinical Decision Making
2. Economic Analysis in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases
3. Psychosocial Factors in the Care of Patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
4. Approach to the Patient with Dyspepsia and Related Functional Gastrointestinal Complaints
5. Approach to the Patient with Dysphagia, Odynophagia, or Noncardiac Chest Pain
6. Approach to the Patient with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
7. Approach to the Patient with Dyspepsia and Peptic Ulcer Disease
8. Approach to the Patient with Gross Gastrointestinal Bleeding
9. Approach to the Patient with Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding
10. Approach to Screening for Colorectal Cancer
11. Approach to the Patient with Unintentional Weight Loss
12. Approach to the Patient with Obesity
13. Approach to the Patient with nausea and Vomiting
14. Approach to the Patient with Abdominal Pain
15. Approach to the Patient with Gas and Bloating
16. Approach to the Patient with Acute Abdomen
17. Approach to the Patient with Ileus and Obstruction
18. Approach to the Patient with Diarrhea
19. Approach to the Patient with Suspected Acute Infectious Diarrhea
20. Approach to the Patient with Constipation
21. Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Liver Chemistries
22. Approach to the Patient with Jaundice
23. Approach to the Patient with Ascites and its Complications
24. Approach to the Patient with Central Nervous System and Pulmonary Complications of End-stage Liver Disease
25. Approach to the Patient with Acute Liver Failure
26. Approach to the Patient with Chronic Viral Hepatitis B or C
27. Approach to the Patient with a Liver Mass
28. Approach to Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases in Pregnancy
29. General Nutritional Principles
30. Approach to the Patient Requiring Nutritional Supplementation
31. Genetic Counseling for Gastrointestinal Patients

Index

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