Nausea and Vomiting (eBook)

Dr. Kenneth Koch is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Head, Section onGastroenterology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He completed hisundergraduate and medical school degrees at the University of Iowa,Internal Medicine training at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center ofPennsylvania State University, and fellowship in gastroenterology at theUniversity of Florida. Dr. Koch's clinical and research interests include the pathophysiology of nausea and vomiting, gastroparesis, gastric dysrhythmias, and functional dyspepsia. He has authored numerous original works, chapters, and other contributions to the GI literature. Dr. Koch was selected as one of the "Best Doctors in America."Dr. William Hasler is a Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Health System.  He completed his undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his medical school training at the University of Pennsylvania, and his internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Michigan.  Dr. Hasler’s clinical practice focuses on care of gastrointestinal dysmotility including gastroparesis, cyclic vomiting, intestinal pseudoobstruction, and chronic unexplained nausea and vomiting.  His research interests center on the pathophysiology of nausea and vomiting and gut transit and sensory abnormalities.   Dr. Hasler has authored numerous original works on these areas.

Chapter 1: Physiology of Nausea Kenneth L. Koch Chapter 2: The Physiology of VomitingCharles C. Horn Chapter 3: Nausea and Vomiting Related to Esophagus and Stomach DiseasesKenneth L. KochChapter 5: Nausea and Vomiting Associated with Abdominal Wall PainLeonardo Kapural and Patrick D. GraceChapter 6: Nausea, Vomiting and Hormonal Disorders Jorge Calles-Escandon and Hugo Rivadeneyra PastenChapter 7: Nausea and Vomiting Related to Autonomic Nervous System Disorders Thomas L. Abell and Dipendra Parajuli Chapter 8: Nausea and Vomiting Related to the Central Nervous System DiseasesBraden Kuo and Prashant Singh Chapter 9: Pharmacological Causes and Treatments of Nausea and Vomiting William L. HaslerChapter 10: Gastric Electrical Stimulation, Pyloroplasty, Gastrectomy and Acustimulation for the Treatment of Nausea and Vomiting In the Setting of Gastroparesis Ihsan Al-Bayati, Irene Sarosiek and  Richard W. McCallumChapter 11: Nutritional Management for Patients with Nausea and Vomiting and Gastroparesis or Dumping SyndromePaula S. Stuart and Debbie C. Hicks Chapter 12: Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Nausea and VomitingLinda Anh Nguyen, Linda Lee Chapter 13: Vomiting and Nausea in the Pediatric PatientJohn E. Fortunato, Sally E. Tarbell Chapter 14: The Psychophysiology of NauseaMax E. LevineChapter 15: Future Directions in Understanding Nausea and Vomiting Saraswathi Arasu and Henry P. Parkman