Gastroenterology and Hepatology Manual

Emeritus Professor Isidor Segal, MB, Bch, PhD, FRCP (UK), FRACP, AGAF, currently affiliated with the Gastroenterology Division, POW Hospital, Sydney Australia. C.S.Pitchumoni, MD, FRCP(C), MACP, MACG, MPH Clinical Professor of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, Adjunct Professor New York Medical College, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Drexel University school of Medicine, Chief of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Nutrition, Saint Peter's University Hospital, New Brunswick NJ Dr Joseph Sung, Director, Cheng Suen Man Shook Foundation Centre for Hepatitis Studies; Director, University's Institute of Digestive Disease Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases; Associate Dean for General Affairs, Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine; Director, Institute of Digestive Disease of the University Professor

Section 1 - An overview
1. Introduction
2. A global phenomenon: medicine without frontiersSection 2 - Gastrointestinal diseases
Part A: Clinical assessments
3. Acute and chronic abdominal pain
Part B: Western diseases spreading their wings
4. Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
5. Irritable bowel syndrome
6. Changing patterns of inflammatory bowel disease in a global context (ulcerative colitis)
7. Changing patterns of inflammatory bowel disease in a global context (Crohn’s disease)
8. Constipation
9. Colorectal cancer
Part C: Diseases of emerging countries making inroads globally
10. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis versus Crohn’s disease
11. Traveller’s diarrhoea
12. Cholera
13. Malaria
14. Leptospirosis
15. Listeriosis
16. Amoebiasis
17. Schistosomiasis: global impact
Part D: Diseases in the melting pot
18. Giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis and cyclosporiasis
19. Gastrointestinal disorders in HIV infection and other sexually transmitted infections
Part E: Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract
20. Cancer of the oesophagus: intercontinental variations
21. Global trends in gastric cancer: association with Helicobacer pylori and other factors
22. Clinical aspects of gastric cancer
Part F: Preventative gastroenterology
23. Preventative gastroenterology
Part G: Nutrition
24. Nutritional evaluation: a paradigm shift in the twenty-first century
25. Impact on children of global nutritional breakdown
Part H: Gastrointestinal tools
26. Gastrointestinal Bleeding
27. Gastrointestinal endoscopy: an overview
28. Alimentary tract imaging

Section 3 - Pancreatic Diseases
29. Acute pancreatitis
30. Chronic pancreatitis
31. Pancreatic Cancer
32. Imaging of the pancreas


Section 4 - Hepatology
Part A: Diseases evoking a global impact
33. Cirrhosis and complications
34. Acute liver failure
35. Acute hepatitis
36. Hepatitis B infection
37. Hepatitis C infection
38. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
39. Alcoholic liver disease
40. Hepatocellular carcinoma
41. Hepatic imaging
Part B: Biliary diseases
42. Gallstones and their sequelae
43. Neoplasms of the gall bladder and biliary tracts
44. Imaging of the biliary tract

Section 5 - Traditional cultural medicine
45. Traditional Chinese medicine
46. Traditional Indian medicine