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A pocket handbook on the practical and safe use of drugs in inflammatory bowel disease to achieve best patient outcome in day-to-day practice. A book written by experts in inflammatory bowel disease covering the latest and most promising treatment modalities in patients with simple and complex inflammatory bowel disease. 20 short chapters illustrating therapeutic pathways to summarise current best practice on the management of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease including special scenarios: management of extraintestinal manifestations, cancer surveillance, pregnancy, fertility and breast feeding, screening for infections, bone diseases and anaemia. Suitable for all medical professionals involved in the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: established and trainee gastroenterologists, gastrointestinal surgeons, nurse specialists, general practitioners and general physicians.
Digestive diseases have always been a major threat to global health. Despite the rapid advances in various diagnostic modalities, many a time the final verdict can be elusive and present a diagnostic challenge for the attending doctor. Clinical Challenges & Images in Gastroenterology — A Diagnostic Guide presents 50 real-life cases to illustrate an evidence-based approach for the diagnosis, investigation and management of gastrointestinal diseases commonly encountered in everyday practice, with a special focus on the interpretation of endoscopic and radiological images. This book provides a pragmatic approach for medical students, residents, specialist trainees and specialists alike who ha...
Probiotics: A Clinical Guide is one of the first books on the market to present current and evidence-based recommendations for primary care providers and gastroenterologists on the use of probiotics as a way to treat specific diseases and disorders. Why you will want Probiotics: A Clinical Guide: Unique focus on the clinical use of probiotics in a wide variety of diseases Comprehensive review of the science behind probiotics and probiotic products In-depth review of current literature for specific diseases or disorders Recommendations of the use of probiotics is supported by evidence-based clinical trials Each chapter includes a table that outlines the exact probiotic organisms and dosages t...
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.
Colorectal Surgery provides a short, up-to-date and practical reference guide for surgical trainees and established consultants needing a refresher. The seventh edition has been edited and fully revised by respected experts in their fields, and provides a full list of current references and relevant resources. It includes recent developments in colorectal surgery, including changes to colorectal cancer screening, multimodal therapy for rectal cancer and changes to the terminology and management of anal neoplasia. Several new authors and co-authors have joined the expert team. This volume is part of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice series, the pre-eminent reference for trainees i...
For nearly 50 years, Sleisenger & Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease has been the go-to reference for gastroenterology and hepatology residents, fellows, physicians, and the entire GI caregiving team. Now in a fully revised 11th Edition, this two-volume masterwork brings together the knowledge and expertise of hundreds of global experts who keep you up to date with the newest techniques, technologies, and treatments for every clinical challenge you face in gastroenterology and hepatology. A logical organization, more than 1,100 full-color illustrations, and easy-to-use algorithms ensure that you'll quickly and easily find the information you need. - Features new and expanded discu...
How functional medicine leverages systems biology and epigenetic science to treat the microbiome and reverse chronic disease. Each body is a system within a system—an ecology within the larger context of social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental factors. This is one of the lessons of epigenetics, whereby structural inequalities are literally encoded in our genes. But our ecological embeddedness extends beyond DNA, for each body also teems with trillions of bacteria, yeast, and fungi, all of them imprints of our individual milieus. Nested Ecologies asks what it would mean to take seriously our microbial being, given that our internal ecologies are shaped by inequalities embed...
This book systematically describes the achievements and current situation of in vitro diagnostic (IVD) industry in China. It consists of twelve parts, including the overview on the IVD industry in China in 2021, hot technologies and products of IVD industry, academic, technological and product development in the field of IVD, such as biochemical diagnosis, immune-diagnosis, point-of-care testing, molecular diagnosis, blood and body fluid diagnosis, microbial detection, laboratory assembly line, etc. In this second edition, the new contents added include the development of new coronavirus molecular diagnostic products, flight mass spectrometry, tandem mass spectrometry, tumor markers, ELISA i...
Silent Winter is about the silent spread of toxic chemicals in our daily lives and their role in the growing prevalence of illnesses such as cancer, chronic fatigue, diabetes, asthma digestive issues, depression, dementia, and others. The scientific evidence about chronic illness and toxic chemicals is withheld from us through stunningly elaborate efforts so that business can continue as usual. Approximately 45% of the adult US population now has at least one chronic illness, and chronic illness is commonly caused by chronic exposure to toxic chemicals. We are often told that these diseases are a result of our lifestyle or our genes. We rarely hear that chronic illness is on the rise as a re...