Overview

An easily accessible guide to diagnosing and managing critical situations, Emergencies in Gastroenterology and Hepatology aids doctors in dealing with acutely sick patients quickly and effectively. The book provides practical advice on how to make difficult decisions in an emergency situation. Areas covered include life and death emergencies, as well as the broad problems faced by on-call Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists on a daily basis. The focus throughout is on immediate management, but the book also includes reference to long term follow up for certain problems.Each chapter has an associated algorithm, which summarises the contents of the chapter, providing an aide memoir for the reader and facilitating learning, as well as being a quick reference tool. Bullet-point information for speed and clarity combined with the integral cross-referencing system, further enables quick access to the necessary information.

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Author:   Daniel Marks (Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral , University College London, UK) ,  Marcus Harbord (Consultant Gastroenterologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 10.10cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 18.10cm
Weight:   0.198kg
ISBN:  

9780199231362

ISBN 10:   0199231362
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   25 July 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1: Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding 2: Overt lower gastrointestinal bleeding 3: Severe iron deficiency anaemia 4: Severe vomiting 5: Severe acute diarrhoea 6: Gastroenteritis 7: Complications of inflammatory bowel disease 8: Acute thoracic pain and dysphagia 9: Acute abdominal pain 10: Malnutrition and chronic gastrointestinal disease 11: Complications of nutritional support 12: HIV disease and the GI tract 13: Assessment of liver function 14: Jaundice 15: Acute liver failure 16: Complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension 17: Infections and the liver 18: Drug-induced liver injury 19: The liver in pregnancy 20: Hepatic trauma 21: Hepatic, neuroendocrine and general oncological emergencies 22: Liver transplant patients

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Dr Daniel Marks was appointed a Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow at University College London in 2013, specialising in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. He has held a Specialist Registrar post at University College London Hospital in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics since 2011. He was awarded a PhD degree for his research into acute inflammation in Crohn's disease in 2006. Dr Marcus Harbord was appointed a Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in 2006. He was previously a consultant at the Royal Free Hospital, London. Qualifying from St. Mary's Hospital, London in 1992, he trained at UCL, the Royal Free, and St. Mark's Hospitals. In 2002 he was awarded a PhD degree for his research into acute inflammation in Crohn's disease. He was Chairman of the New Consultants' Committee and member of Council of the Royal College of Physicians 2009-2011.

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