Authors
Preface
SECTION I: GENERAL CONCERNS
1. Acute Abdominal Pain: Basic Principles & Current Challenges, Frederick L. Makrauer and Norton J. Greenberger
2. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Immunologic Considerations & Therapeutic Implications, Richard S. Blumberg & Scott Snapper
3. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Medical Considerations, Jonathan S. Levine & Robert Burakoff
4. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Surgical Considerations, Jennifer L. Irani, Anthony Ramsanahie, and Ronald Bleday
5. Acute Diarrheal Disorders, Jerry S. Trier
6. Mesenteric Vascular Disease, Elena M. Stoffel and Norton J. Greenberger
7. Gastrointestinal & Biliary Complications of Pregnancy, Sonia Friedman & Jaya R. Agrawal
8. Hepatic Complications of Pregnancy, Chinweike Ukomadu
9. State-of-the-Art Imaging of the Gastrointestinal System, Koenraad J. Mortele
10. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Immunodeficiency, Zhenglun Zhu
SECTION II: ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES
11. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, John R. Saltzman and John M. Poneros
12. Barrett Esophagus, Kunal Jajoo & John R. Saltzman
13. Oropharyngeal & Esophageal Motility Disorders, Arun Chaudhury & and Hiroshi Mashimo
14. Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Norton J. Greenberger
SECTION III: DISEASES OF THE STOMACH
15. Peptic Ulcer Disease, Edward Lew
16. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome (Gastrinoma), Edward Lew
17. Functional (Nonulcer) Dyspepsia, Walter W. Chan and Robert Burakoff
18. Disorders of Gastric & Small Bowel Motility, Walter W. Chan and Robert Burakoff
19. Treatment of Obesity: The Impact of Bariatric Surgery, Malcolm K. Robinson and Norton J. Greenberger
SECTION IV: SMALL BOWEL DISEASES
20. Intestinal Malabsorption, Jerry S. Trier
SECTION V: COLORECTAL DISEASES
21. Diverticular Disease of the Colon, Anne C. Travis and Richard S. Blumberg
22. Colorectal Cancer Screening, Sapna Syngal & Fay Kastrinos
23. Hereditary Gastrointestinal Cancer Syndromes, Elena M. Stoffel and Sapna Syngal
24. Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Sonia Friedman
SECTION VI: PANCREATIC DISEASES
25. Acute Pancreatitis, Bechien U. Wu, Darwin L. Conwell, & Peter A. Banks
26. Chronic Pancreatitis, Darwin L. Conwell, Bechien Wu, & Peter A. Banks
27. Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Norton J. Greenberger
28. Tumors of the Pancreas, Ashish Sharma
SECTION VII: THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPY & DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
29. Polypectomy, Junal Jajoo
30. Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding, John R. Saltzman
31. Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Linda S. Lee and John R. Saltzman
32. Endoscopic Management of Acute Biliary & Pancreatic Conditions, Christopher C. Thompson
33. Wireless Capsule Endoscopy & Deep Small Bowel Enteroscopy, Anne C. Travis and John R. Saltzman
34. Gastrointestinal Foreign Bodies, Christopher C. Thompson
35. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Linda S. Lee & David L. Carr-Locke
36. Endoscopic Ultrasound, Linda S. Lee
SECTION VIII: LIVER DISEASES
37. Approach to the Patient with Jaundice & Abormal Liver Tests, Norton J. Greenberger
38. Acute Liver Failure, Sonal Kumar & Amir A. Qamar
39. Viral Hepatitis, Anna Rutherford & Jules L. Dienstag
40. Chronic Nonviral Hepatitis, Chinweike Ukomadu
41. Hereditary Hemochromatosis, Benjamin Smith & Norman D. Grace
42. Alcoholic Liver Disease, Timothy T. Kuo and Norman D. Grace
43. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, David E. Cohen & Frank A. Anania
44. Portal Systemic Encephalopathy & Hepatic Encephalopathy, Norton J. Greenberger
45. Ascites & Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, Norton J. Greenberger
46. Hepatorenal Syndrome, Norton J. Greenberger
47. Portal Hypertension & Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage, Norman D. Grace & Melissa A. Minor
48. Drug-Induced Liver Disease, Willis C. Maddrey
49. Liver Neoplasms, Amir A. Qamar and Chinweike Ukomadu
50. Liver Transplantation, Amir A. Qamar
51. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Daniel S. Pratt
SECTION IX: BILIARY TRACT DISEASES
52. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Norton J. Greenberger and John R. Saltzman
53. Gallstone Disease, Gustav Paumgartner and Norton J. Greenberger
Index