GI/Liver Secrets Plus

Stay up to date on today's most common GI and liver disorders and their management with GI/Liver Secrets Plus. This enhanced medical reference book is an excellent resource for understanding the physiology and therapy in hepatic and digestive disease. Whether preparing for an exam or quickly checking a clinical question, the user-friendly Secrets Series® style makes this book a valuable addition to your library!

New to this edition

-    Apply the latest knowledge and techniques with content thoroughly updated by leaders in the field.
-    Quickly review key concepts with improved "Plus" formatting, which employs a Socratic Q&A approach designed to simulate the types of questions that may be used on patient rounds.
-    Enhance your reference power through bulleted lists, mnemonics, "Key Points" summaries, lists of useful web sites, and practical tips from the authors.
-    Improve content knowledge with a special chapter containing "Top 100 Secrets," providing an overview of essential material for last-minute study or self-assessment.
-    Expert Consult eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, references, and videos from the book on a variety of devices.

Table of Contents:

Top 100 Secrets

I. Esophagus

1. Swallowing Disorders and Dysphagia

  John O. Clarke

2. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

  Fehmi Ates and Michael Vaezi

3. Esophageal Causes of Chest Pain

  Vito Cirigliano and Fouad Joseph Moawad

4. Achalasia

  Joel E. Richter

5. Esophageal Cancer

  Peter R. McNally, Nimish Vakil and John Deutsch

6. Esophageal Anomalies, Infections, and Non-Acid Injuries

  Mary A. Atia and Francisco C. Ramirez

7. Barrett’s Esophagus

  Nimish Vakil

8. Esophageal and Stomach Pathology

  Shalini Tayal

II. Stomach

9. Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer Disease, NSAIDS, and Helicobacter pylori

  Byron Cryer and Elizabeth Coss

10. Gastric Cancer

  John Deutsch

11. Thickened Gastric Folds

  Ryan M. Kwok and Patrick E. Young

12. Gastroparesis

  Richard W. McCallum and Joseph Sunny Jr.

III. Liver & Biliary Tract Disorders

13. Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Tests

  Emily Carey and William Carey

14. General Concepts on Viral Hepatitis

  Christina Hanson, Gail Pearson and Marcelo Kugelmas

15. Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C

  Jorge L. Herrera

16. Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis B

  Jorge L. Herrera

17. Autoimmune Hepatitis: Diagnosis

  Albert J. Czaja

18. Autoimmune Hepatitis Treatment

  Albert J. Czaja

19. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

  John Edward Eaton, Jayant Talwalkar and Nicholas F. LaRusso

20. Vaccinations and Immunoprophylaxis in GI and Liver Disorders

  Henry A. Horton, Hayoon Kim and Gil Melmed

21. Pregnancy and Liver Disease

  Devina Bhasin and Roshan Shrestha

22. Rheumatologic Manifestations of Hepatobiliary Diseases

  Sterling West

23. Evaluation of Focal Liver Masses

  Mark W. Russo and Roshan Shrestha

24. Drug-Induced Liver Disease

  Herbert L. Bonkovsky, Cemal Yazici and Mark W. Russo

25. Alcoholic Liver Disease and Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

  Clark Kulig

26. Vascular Liver Disease

  Dawn M. Torres and Angelo H. Paredes

27. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis

  Dawn M. Torres and Stephen A. Harrison

28. Liver Transplantation

  James Trotter and Stevan Alfredo Gonzalez

29. Ascites

  Phillip Ge, Carlos Guarner and Bruce A. Runyon

30. Liver Abscess

  Jorge L. Herrera and Christopher D. Knudsen

31. Inheritable forms of Liver Disease

  Bruce R. Bacon

32. Liver Biopsy

  Kiyoko Oshima

33. Hepatobiliary Cystic Disease

  Joshua Friedman and Marianne Augustine

34. Gallbladder Disease: stones, crystals and sludge

  Cynthia W. Ko and Sum P. Lee

35. ERCP Plus Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

  Raj J. Shah

IV. Pancreatic Disorders

36. Acute Pancreatitis

  Enrique Molina and Jamie S. Barkin

37. Chronic Pancreatitis

  Enrique Molina and Jamie S. Barkin

38. Pancreatic Cancer

  Shajan Peter, Ji Young Bang and Shyam Varadarajulu

39. Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas

  Brenda Hoffman and Jason Roberts

V. Small and Large Bowel Disorders

40. Celiac Disease

  Daniel A. Leffler and Rohini R. Vanga

41. Crohn’s Disease

  Bret A. Lashner and Aaron Brzezinski

42. Ulcerative Colitis

  Ramona Rajapakse and Burton Korelitz

43. Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease and Eosinophilic Esophagitis

  Glenn T. Furuta and Shahan Fernando

44. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO)

  Catherine Manolakis, Travis J. Rutland and Jack A. Di Palma

VI. Colon Disorders

45. Colon Disorders and Colon Cancer

  Carole Macaron and Carol ann Burke

46. Constipation & Fecal Incontinence

  Reena Chokshi and Suzanne Rose

47. Diverticulitis

  Luca Stocchi

48. Diseases of the Appendix

  Jonathan Schoen and Kevin Rothchild

49. Colitis: Pseudomembranous, Microscopic, Collagenous, and Radiation

  Christina Surawicz, Jill Watanabe and Stephen M. Vindigni

VII. General Symptoms and Conditions

50. Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Hemorrhage

  Lisa Strate and Davinder Sandhu

51. Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding

  John D. Horwhat and Joseph G. Cheatham

52. Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

  Mitchell S. Cappell

53. Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain

  John Goff

54. Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea

  Mark S. Riddle and Ramiro Luis Gutierrez

55. Chronic Diarrhea

  Lawrence R. Schiller

56. AIDS and the GI Tract

  C. Mel Wilcox and George Smallfield

57. Intestinal Ischemia

  Amar R. Deshpande, Siobhan Proksell and Arvey I. Rogers

58. Nutrition, Malnutrition and Probiotics

  Bonnie Jortberg and Peter R. McNally

59. Small Bowel & Colon Pathology

  Shalini Tayal

60. Foreign Bodies and the GI Tract

  George Triadafilopoulos

61. Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Irritable Bowel

  Anthony Lembo

62. Endoscopic Cancer Screening and Surveillance

  Dave P. Jones

VIII. Multisystem Manifestations of GI Disease

63. Rheumatologic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease

  Sterling West

64. Dermatologic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease

  James E. Fitzpatrick

65. Endocrine Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease

  Geetha Gopalakrishnan and Harikrashna Bhatt

IX. Gastrointestinal Radiology

66. Plain Film, Barium and Virtual Radiography

  Michael Reiter

67. Interventional Radiology I

  Kimi L. Kondo and Paul Russ

68. Interventional Radiography: Fluoroscopic and Angiographic Procedures

  Kimi L. Kondo and Paul Russ

69. Noninvasive GI Imaging: Ultrasound, Computerized Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Scanning

  Michael G. Fox

70. Nuclear Medicine Studies

  Won Song

71. Endoscopic Ultrasound

  Linda S. Lee

72. Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy

  Mainor Antillon

X. Surgery and the GI Tract

73. Esophageal Surgery

  Theodore N. Pappas and Georgios Kokosis

74. Surgery for Peptic Ulcer Disease

  Theodore N. Pappas and Georgios Kokosis

75. Surgical Approach to The Acute Abdomen

  Kevin Rothchild and Jonathan Schoen

76. Colorectal Surgery

  Martin McCarter

77. Bariatric Surgery

  Jonathan Schoen

78. Minimally Invasive Surgery

  John J. Tiedeken and Anthony LaPorta

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