Gastrointestinal Emergencies 3e

Tony Tham, Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist, ?Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast. He is on various GI boards/committees, including the Specialist Advisory Committee for internal medicine for the Joint Royal College of Physicians Training Board, and the British Society of Gastroenterology committee for clinical standards. Dr Tham is an assessor for doctors applying for direct entry into the specialist register in the UK, and an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Queen's University of Belfast medical school. John Collins, Consultant Gastroenterologist, ?Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.?He is a Past President of the Irish Society of Gastroenterology and is currently Secretary of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Roy Soetikno, Associate Professor of Medicine, ?and Associate Chief of GI?sectin, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System. Specializing in endoscopic surgery for early gastrointestinal cancer.

Notes on contributors, vii Section 1: Approach to specific presentations 1 Approach to dysphagia, 3 John S. A. Collins 2 Approach to vomiting, 8 Bee Chan Lee and John S. A. Collins 3 Approach to upper gastrointestinal bleeding, 12 Patrick B. Allen and Tony C. K. Tham 4 Approach to acute abdominal pain, 19 Tony C. K. Tham 5 Approach to jaundice, 25 Tony C. K. Tham 6 Acute severe lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 34 Jennifer M. Kolb and Tonya Kaltenbach 7 Approach to diarrhea, 39 John S. A. Collins Section 2: Complications of gastrointestinal procedures and therapy 8 Complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, 45 Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker 9 Complications of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, 51 Barbara Willandt and Jo Vandervoort 10 Complications of endoscopic variceal ligation, sclerotherapy, and balloon tamponade, 57 Aarti K. Rao and Roy Soetikno 11 ERCP complications, 61 Constantinos P. Anastassiades and Richard C. K. Wong 12 Complications of laparoscopic surgery, 70 Stephen Attwood and Khalid Osman 13 Complications of liver biopsy, 77 Robert J. Wong and Aijaz Ahmed 14 Complications of colonoscopy, 81 Matthias Steverlynck and Jo Vandervoort 15 Complications of capsule endoscopy, 86 Roy Soetikno and Andres Sanchez?]Yague 16 Complications of endoscopic ultrasound, 91 Maria Cecilia M. Sison?]Oh, Andres Sanchez?]Yague, and Roy Soetikno 17 Complications of Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR) and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD), 99 Ichiro Oda, Haruhisa Suzuki, and Seiichiro Abe 18 Complications of bariatric surgery, 105 Allison R. Schulman, Michele B. Ryan, and Christopher C. Thompson 19 Complications of drugs used in gastroenterology, 117 Paul Kevin Hamilton and Philip Toner Section 3: Specific conditions 20 Foreign body impaction in the esophagus, 135 George Triadafilopoulos 21 Esophageal perforation, 142 Ioannis S. Papanikolaou and Peter D. Siersema 22 Acute upper non?]variceal gastrointestinal hemorrhage, 151 Kelvin Palmer 23 Acute pancreatitis, 158 David R. Lichtenstein 24 Biliary tract emergencies, 172 Joseph K. N. Kim and David L. Carr?]Locke 25 Variceal hemorrhage, 177 Roy Soetikno and Andres Sanchez?]Yague 26 Acute liver failure, 183 Philip S. J. Hall and W. Johnny Cash 27 Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, 193 Andres Cardenas, Isabel Graupera, and Pere Gines 28 Alcoholic hepatitis, 204 Brian J. Hogan and David William Michael Patch 29 Perforation of the gastrointestinal tract, 211 Ian McAllister 30 Intestinal obstruction, 220 Kevin McCallion 31 Acute appendicitis, 225 Ian McAllister 32 Middle gastrointestinal bleeding, 230 Andres Sanchez?]Yague 33 Ischemic bowel, 239 Ryan B. Perumpail and Shai Friedland 34 Acute severe ulcerative colitis, 242 Subrata Ghosh and Marietta Iacucci 35 Gastrointestinal infections, 251 Graham Morrison and John S. A. Collins 36 Diverticular disease, 263 Jennifer M. Kolb and Tonya Kaltenbach 37 Gastrointestinal complications of HIV disease, 269 Emma McCarty and Wallace Dinsmore 38 Gastrointestinal complications in the intensive care unit, 276 James J. McNamee and Daniel F. McAuley Index, 282