GASTROINTESTINAL EMERGENCIES, 3RD EDITION

Gastrointestinal Emergencies 3E provides practical, up-to-date guidance for gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, emergency and acute physicians, medical students and trainees managing patients presenting with GI complications and/or emergencies.

Combining a symptom section, a specific conditions section and a section that examines complications (and solutions) of GI procedures, focus throughout is on clear, specific how-to guidance, for use before a procedure or immediately after emergency stabilization. An evidence-based approach to presentation, diagnosis and investigation is utilized throughout.

New to this third edition are several brand new chapters covering various complications of procedures and specific conditions not previously featured, as well as a thorough look at the many diagnostic and therapeutic advances in recent years. In addition, every chapter from the current edition has undergone wholesale revision to ensure it is updated with the very latest in management guidelines and clinical practice. Once again, full range of emergencies encountered in daily clinical practice will be examined, such as acute pancreatitis, esophageal perforation, capsule endoscopy complications, acute appendicitis, and the difficulties after gastrointestinal procedures. International guidelines from the world’s key gastroenterology societies will be included in relevant chapters.

Gastrointestinal Emergencies 3E is the definitive reference guide for the management of gastrointestinal emergencies and endoscopic complications, and the perfect accompaniment for the modern-day gastroenterologist, surgeon, emergency and acute physicians.

Every Emergency Department, GI/endoscopy unit, medical/surgical admission unit should keep a copy close at hand for quick reference.

Contents
Section 1: Approach to specific presentations
1 Approach to dysphagia, 3
3 Approach to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 12
4 Approach to acute abdominal pain, 19
5 Approach to jaundice, 25
6 Acute severe lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 34
7 Approach to diarrhea, 39
Section 2: Complications of gastrointestinal procedures and therapy
8 Complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, 45
9 Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, 51
10 Complications of endoscopic variceal ligation, sclerotherapy, and balloon tamponade, 57
11 ERCP complications, 61
12 Complications of laparoscopic surgery, 70
13 Complications of liver biopsy, 77
14 Complications of colonoscopy, 81
15 Complications of capsule endoscopy, 86
16 Complications of endoscopic ultrasound, 91
17 Complications of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), 99
18 Complications of bariatric surgery, 105
19 Complications of drugs used in gastroenterology, 117
Section 3: Specific conditions
20 Foreign body impaction in the esophagus, 135
21 Esophageal perforation, 142
22 Acute upper non ]variceal gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 151
23 Acute pancreatitis, 158
24 Biliary tract emergencies, 172
25 Variceal hemorrhage, 177
26 Acute liver failure, 183
27 Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, 193
28 Alcoholic hepatitis, 204
30 Intestinal obstruction, 220
31 Acute appendicitis, 225
32 Middle gastrointestinal bleeding, 230
33 Ischemic bowel, 239
34 Acute severe ulcerative colitis, 242
35 Gastrointestinal infections, 251
36 Diverticular disease, 263
37 Gastrointestinal complications of HIV disease, 269
38 Gastrointestinal complications in the intensive care unit, 276
Index, 282