Australian Author

Welcome new text from Nicholas Talley.

Provides simple, practical management approaches rather than detailed disease information. Presents issue from a problem-based focus concentrating on providing management solutions in emergency situations where clinicians have limited time.

Contents

• Sore Mouth

• Dysphagia and Odynophagia

• Heartburn, Acid Regurgitation, and Barretts Esophagus

• Dyspepsia and Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia

• Nausea and Vomiting

• Acute Abdominal Pain

• Chronic Abdominal Pain

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Bowel Disease

• Bloating and Abdominal Distention

• Hematemesis, Melena and Hematochezia

• Occult Blood in Stools, Asymptomatic Iron Deficiency Anemia

• Acute Diarrhea

• Chronic Diarrhea

• Acute and Chronic Constipation

• Colorectal Cancer

• Screening for Colon Cancer

• Fecal Incontinence

• Weight Loss and Anorexia

• Anal Pain

• Eating Disorders

• Practical Issues in Nutrition and Supplementation in Gastrointestinal Disease

• HIV Positive and Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Next Steps Eating Disorders

• Obesity Surgery for the Gastroenterologist

• How to Prepare Patients for Endoscopic Procedures

• Anesthesia for Endoscopy Hepatology

• Abnormal Liver Function Tests

• Acute Viral Hepatitis

• Hepatitis C Positive Patient

• Hepatitis B Positive Patient

• Suspected Iron Overload or High Serum Ferritin

• Chronic Non-Viral Hepatitis

• Cholestasis and Jaundice

• Obesity and Abnormal Liver Function Tests

• Abnormal Liver Function Tests and the Heavy Alcohol Drinker

• Drugs and Liver Disease

• Family History of Liver Disease

• Granulomatous Hepatitis

• Mass in the Liver

• Nutrition in the Patient with Chronic Liver Disease

• Endstage Liver Disease

• Acute Liver Failure

• Liver Transplantation

• Pregnancy and Liver Disease

• How To Prepare Patients for Liver Biopsy