GASTROENTEROLOGY. MOUNT SINAI EXPERT GUIDES

Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Gastroenterology will provide physicians with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major GI diseases and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management.
Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disease to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information. All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features:
- An opening bottom-line/key points section
- Classification, pathogenesis and prevention of disease
- Evidence-based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient
- Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, when to perform surgery, management algorithms and how to prevent complications
- How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly
- The very latest evidence-based results, major society guidelines (ASG/ACG/UEGW) and key external sources to consult
In addition, the book comes with a companion website housing extra features such as case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes. Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be.
If you specialise in gastroenterology and require a concise, practical guide to the clinical management of GI disease, bought to you by one of world's leading hospitals, then this is the perfect book for you.

Table of Contents
SECTION 1: Approach to specific complaints
1 Approach to Dysphagia
2 Approach to Nausea and Vomiting
3 Approach to Abdominal Pain
4 Approach to Diarrhea
5 Approach to Constipation
6 Approach to Fecal Incontinence
7 Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding
8 Approach to Nutrition Assessment
9 Approach to the Pregnant Patient with GI Disorders
SECTION 2: Specific diseases / conditions
10 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
11 Barrett's Esophagus
12 Eosinophilc Esophagitis
13 Esophageal Motility Disorders
14 Esophageal Disorders Related to Medication, Trauma, and Infection
15 Management of Foreign Bodies in the GI Tract
16 Functional dyspepsia
17 Peptic Ulcer Disease
18 Helicobacter pylori Treatment and Eradication
19 Gastroparesis
20 GI Complications of Obesity Surgery
21 Tumors of the Foregut
22 Short Bowel Syndrome and Malnutrition
23 Bacterial Overgrowth
24 Celiac Disease
25 Infectious Enteritis and Colitis; Bacterial Food Poisoning; Intestinal Protozoa and Helminthic
26 Immunodeficiency and the GI Tract
27 GI Stromal Tumors
28 Neuroendocrine Tumors
29 Pancreatitis (Acute, Chronic, Autoimmune)
30 Pancreatic Cysts and Tumors
31 Disorders of the Biliary Tract
32 GI Complications of Transplant
33 Vascular Lesions of the GI Tract
34 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
35 Crohn's Disease
36 Ulcerative Colitis
37 Complications of Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis
38 Radiation Enterocolitis
39 Clostridium difficile
40 Ischemic Disease of the Small and Large Bowel
41 Diverticular Diseases of the Colon
42 Colonoscopic Polypectomy
43 Adenocarcinoma of Large Bowel and Hereditary Colon Cancer Syndromes
44 Surveillance for Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
45 Disorders of the Anus and Rectum
46 Complications of GI Endoscopy
Index