Gastrointestinal Emergencies

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
John S. A. Collins

2 Approach to Vomiting
Bee Chan Lee and John S. A. Collins

3 Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Patrick B. Allen, Tony C.K. Tham

4 Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain
Tony C.K. Tham

5 Approach to Jaundice
Tony C.K. Tham

6 Acute Severe Lower Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
Jennifer M. Kolb and Tonya Kaltenbach

7 Approach to Diarrhea
John S. A. Collins

Section 2: Complications of Gastrointestinal Procedures and Therapy

8 Complications of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker

9 Complications of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy
Barbara Willandt and Jo Vandervoort

10 Complications of Variceal Sclerotherapy, Ligation and Balloon Tamponade
Aarti K. Rao and Roy M. Soetikno

11 Complications of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Constantinos P. Anastassiades and Richard C. K. Wong

12 Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery
Stephen Attwood and Khalid Osman

13 Complications of Liver Biopsy
Robert J. Wong and Aijaz Ahmed

14 Complications of Colonoscopy
Matthias Steverlynck and Jo Vandervoort

15 Complications of Capsule Endoscopy
Roy Soetikno and Andres Sanchez–Yague

16 Complications of Endoscopic Ultrasound
Maria Cecilia M. Sison–Oh, Andres Sanchez–Yague and Roy Soetikno

17 Complications of EMR and ESD
Ichiro Oda, Haruhisa Suzuki and Seiichiro Abe

18 Complications of Bariatric Surgery
Allison R. Schulman, Michele B. Ryan and Christopher C. Thompson

19 Complications of Drugs used in Gastroenterology
Paul Kevin Hamilton and Philip Toner

Section 3: Specific Conditions

20 Foreign Body Impaction in the Esophagus
George Triadafilopoulos

21 Esophageal perforation
Ioannis S. Papanikolaou and Peter D. Siersema

22 Acute Upper Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal haemorrhage
Kelvin Palmer

23 Acute Pancreatitis
David Lichtenstein

24 Biliary Tract Emergencies
Joseph K. N. Kim and David L. Carr–Locke

25 Variceal Haemorrhage
Roy Soetikno and Andres Sanchez–Yague

26 Acute Liver Failure
P. S.  J. Hall and W. J. Cash

27 Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
Andrés Cárdenas, Isabel Graupera, and Pere Ginès

28 Alcoholic Hepatitis
Brian John Hogan and David William Michael Patch

29 Perforation of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Ian McAllister

30 Intestinal Obstruction
Kevin McCallion

31 Acute Appendicitis
Ian McAllister

32 Middle gastrointestinal bleeding
Andres Sanchez–Yague

33 Ischemic Bowel
Ryan Perumpail and Shai Friedland

34 Acute severe ulcerative colitis
Subrata Ghosh and Marietta Iacucci

35 Infectious Diarrhea
Graham Morrison and John S. A. Collins

36 Diverticular disease
Jennifer M. Kolb and Tonya Kaltenbach

37 GI complications of HIV
Emma McCarty and Wallace Dinsmore

38 Gastrointestinal complications in the Intensive Care Unit
J. J. McNamee and D. F. McAuley

Index