Sitaraman and Friedman's Essentials of Gastroenterology (eBook)

Shanthi Srinivasan, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Digestive Diseases at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta and the Chief of Gastroenterology at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, is the Anton R. Fried, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Tufts University School of Medicine and Assistant Chief of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Contributor List xi

Foreword xv

Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xix

Tribute to Shanthi V. Sitaraman xxi

Luminal Gastrointestinal Tract 1
Shreya Raja and Melanie S. Harrison

1 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 3
Shani Woolard and Jennifer Christie

2 Dysphagia 19
Emad Qayed and Shanthi Srinivasan

3 Peptic Ulcer Disease 35
Meena A. Prasad and Lawrence S. Friedman

4 Common Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeries 49
Rebecca G. Lopez and Edward Lin

5 Acute Diarrhea 71
Jan?]Michael A. Klapproth

6 Chronic Diarrhea 89
Sonali S. Sakaria and Robin E. Rutherford

7 Irritable Bowel Syndrome 105
Kavya M. Sebastian

8 Inflammatory Bowel Disease 113
Jan?]Michael A. Klapproth

9 Constipation 133
Shreya Raja and Shanthi Srinivasan

10 Colorectal Neoplasms 149
Pruthvi Patel and Vincent W. Yang

Liver 165
JP Norvell

11 Liver Anatomy and Histopathology 167
Joel P. Wedd

12 Liver Biochemical Tests 179
Nader Dbouk and Samir Parekh

13 Viral Hepatitis 195
Anjana A. Pillai and Lawrence S. Friedman

14 Alcoholic Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 211
Stephen H. Berger and Ryan M. Ford

15 Chronic Liver Disease 227
Preeti A. Reshamwala

16 Portal Hypertension 245
JP Norvell

Pancreas and Biliary System 269
Stephan Goebel and Lisa Cassani

17 Pancreatic Anatomy and Function 271
Field F. Willingham

18 Acute Pancreatitis 283
Steven Keilin

19 Chronic Pancreatitis 301
Anthony M. Gamboa and Qiang Cai

20 Bile Acid Metabolism 315
Nicole M. Griglione and Field F. Willingham

21 Gallstones and Complications 325
Julia Massaad

Common Problems in Gastroenterology 339
Emad Qayed and Meena A. Prasad

22 Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding 341
Tanvi Dhere

23 Abdominal Pain 359
Kamil Obideen

24 Jaundice 367
Nader Dbouk and Preeti A. Reshamwala

25 Abdominal Emergencies 381
Stephan Goebel

Picture Gallery 399
Sonali S. Sakaria and Saurabh Chawla

26 Classic Skin Manifestations 401
Melanie S. Harrison, Robert A. Swerlick, and Zakiya P. Rice

27 Classic Images 413
Pardeep K. Mittal, Courtney C. Moreno, William C. Small, and Saurabh Chawla

28 Classic Pathology 443
Sujaata R. Dwadasi, Mary M. Flynn, Stephen K. Lau, and Meena A. Prasad

Index 471