Emphasising on patient management, this book features chapters on general topics in gastroenterology and hepatology practice and the use of diagnostic tests in clinical decision-making. Principles in endoscopy, including sedation and infection control are also examined.

The main emphasis of this new fifth edition of "Advanced Therapy of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease" is on patient management. Chapters are dedicated to general topics in gastroenterology and hepatology practice and the use of diagnostic tests in clinical decision-making. Principles in endoscopy, including sedation and infection control are also examined. Each chapter consists of recommendations from an expert in the field concerning a very focused problem. The authors discuss recommendations for instituting, modifying, and monitoring therapy, including combinations of drugs and/or therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.

1 Using Evidence-based Medicine in Patient Care 2 Using Decision Analysis in Management Decisions

ENDOSCOPY 3 Endoscopic Sedation 4 Endoscopic Disinfection 5 Endoscopic Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration 6 Endoscopic Mucosal Resections

ESOPHAGUS AND MOUTH 7 Management of Oral Lesions Associated with GI/Liver Disease 8 Oropharyngeal Dysphagia 9 Gastroesophageal Reflux: Medical
Therapy 10 Extraesophageal Manifestations of
Reflux Disease 11 Surgery for Gastroesophageal
Reflux Disease 12 Endoscopic Therapies for GERD 13 Barrett's Esophagus 14 Ablative Therapy in Esophageal
Disease 15 Infectious Esophagitis 16 Esophageal Strictures 17 Esophageal Motor Disorders and
Chest Pain 18 Achalasia 19 Acute Variceal Bleeding. Therapeutic
Options and Prevention 20 Cancer of the Esophagus 21 Palliation of Esophageal Cancer

STOMACH AND DUODENUM 22 Helicobacter pylori Gastroduodenal Disease 23 NSAID - Induced Ulcerations 24 Peptic Ulcer Disease 25 Gastrinomas 26 Stress-Related Erosive Syndrome 27 Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 28 Chronic Gastritis 29 Non-ulcer Dyspepsia 30 Gastroparesis 31 Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy 32 Gastric Lymphoma 33 Gastric Cancer

FUNCTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL
DISORDERS 34 Functional Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract 35 Obesity 36 Obesity: Surgical Intervention 37 Alcoholism 38 Anorexia and Bulimia 39 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
40 Abdominal Pain in Children and Adolescents 41 Chronic Abdominal Pain 42 Factitious or Exaggerated Disease 43 Psychotropic Drugs and Management in Patients with Functional Disorders 44 Role of a Nurse Advocate 45 Exercise for Individuals with Gastrointestinal Disorders 46 Smoking

INFECTIONS, IMMUNE DISORDERS
AND NUTRITION 47 Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Complications of HIV Infection 48 Chronic Immunodeficiency Syndromes Affecting the Gastrointestinal Tract
49 Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Complications of Bone Marrow Transplantation 50 Acute Infectious Diarrhea 51 Traveler's Diarrhea 52 Clostridium difficle and Antibiotic Associated
Colitis 53 Intestinal Parasites
54 Whipple's Disease 55 Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 56 Metabolic Bone Disease in GI/Liver Patients 57 Dietary Induced Symptoms 58 Gastrointestinal Food Allergy
59 Alternative Medical Approaches

SMALL INTESTINE 60 Occult Bleeding 61 NSAID-Induced Injury to the Small and Large Intestine 62 Celiac Sprue and Related Problems 63 Carbohydrate Intolerance 64 Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction and Other Neuromuscular Disorders
65 Short Bowel Syndrome 66 Small Bowel Transplantation












67 Crohn's Disease of the Small Bowel
68 Crohn's Disease in children and adolescents 69 Crohn's Disease: Surgical Management
70 Azathioprine Use in IBD 71 Molecular Markers in IBD Management 72 Ischemic Bowel Disease 73 Diabetic Diarrhea 74 Secretory Diarrhea

COLON AND RECTUM 75 Reducing Cardiovascular Risk with Major Surgery
76 Acute Appendicitis 77 Constipation 78 Abdominal Hernia 79 Distal colitis 80 Ulcerative colitis 81 Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis 82 Crohn's Colitis 83 Perianal Disease in Crohn's Disease 84 Perianal Disease in IBD: Surgical Aspects 85 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Cancer 86 Pregnancy and IBD 87 Intestinal and Colonic Strictures 88 Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction (Ogilvie's Syndrome) 89 Collagenous and Lymphocytic Colitis 90 Fecal Incontinence: Surgical Management 91 Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome and Prolapse 92 Ileo-anal Pouch: Frequent Evacuation 93 Anorectal Diseases
94 Hemorrhoids
95 Colorectal Cancer Screening 96 Colonic Neoplasia: Genetic Counseling 97 Colorectal Polyps and Polyposis Syndromes 98 Colon Cancer 99 Colorectal Cancer: Adjuvant and Chemotherapy 100 Rectal Cancer 101 Rectal Cancer Palliation 102 Abdominal Radiation 103 Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding 104 Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Therapeutic radiologic approaches 105 Diverticular Disease of the Colon

THE LIVER 106 Therapeutic Implications of the Evaluation of Liver Enzymes and Liver Biopsy 107 Acute Hepatitis: Management and Prevention 108 Chronic Hepatitis B 109 Chronic Hepatitis C
110 Viral Hepatitis in Children 111 Fulminant Hepatic Failure 112 Bioartificial Liver Support 113 Liver Transplantation: Selection and Pre-transplant Evaluation 114 Liver Transplantation: Surgical Techniques, including Living Donor 115 Liver Transplantation: Immunologic and Infectious Agent Problems 116 Liver Transplantation in Children 117 Ascites and Its Complications 118 Hepatic Encephalopathy 119 Alcoholic Liver Disease 120 Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis (include Parenteral alimentation cholestasis) 121 Portal Hypertension 122 Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (Budd-Chiari, Portal Vein Thrombosis,
Splenic Vein Thrombosis, TIPSS) 123 Drug-induced liver disease 124 Liver Disease and Pregnancy 125 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 126 Chronic Cholestasis and its sequelae 127 Sclerosing Cholangitis and Cholangio Carcinoma 128 Wilson's Disease
129 Hemochromatosis 130 Porphyria 131 Primary Hepatic Neoplasms 132 Metastatic Cancer of the Liver

BILIARY TRACT 133 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy 134 Acute and Chronic Cholecystitis 135 Cholelithiasis 136 Biliary Strictures and Neoplasms 137 Percutaneous Management of Biliary Tract Disorders 138 Endoscopic Management of Bile Duct Obstruction and Sphincter
139 Post Cholecystectomy Syndrome

THE PANCREAS 140 Acute Pancreatitis 141 Pancreatitis: Surgical Considerations 142 Pancreatitis: Endoscopic Therapy 143 Chronic Pancreatitis 144 Cystic Fibrosis 145 Pancreatic and Periampullary neoplasms
146 Pancreatic Cancer Therapy
147 Cysts and Precancerous lesions of the Pancreas
148 Pancreatic and Islet Cell Transplantation