Clinical Gastroenterology

About this book

Chapters are organised around presenting complaints rather than diseases: heartburn, difficult or painful swallowing, acute and chronic abdominal pain, indigestion, nausea and vomiting, gastrointestinal bleeding, diarrhoea, constipation, perianal pain, jaundice and abnormal liver tests. Further chapters cover Helicobacter pylori testing, inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, end-stage liver disease and transplantation, and preparation and sedation for endoscopy. Each chapter opens with a case, works through assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology and management, and ends with key points. Suited to medical students and trainees learning a symptom-based approach.