Emergencies in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

About this book

A pocket guide from the Oxford Emergencies in... series for managing acutely unwell gastroenterology and liver patients at the bedside. Its 22 chapters move from upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, severe anaemia, vomiting, diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and complications of inflammatory bowel disease to acute abdominal and thoracic pain, nutrition, HIV, jaundice, acute liver failure, complications of cirrhosis, drug-induced liver injury, liver disease in pregnancy, hepatic trauma and liver transplant patients. Advice is practical and set out in short bulleted sections for trainees and acute physicians.