Evidence-Based Gastroenterology and Hepatology

About this book

Fifty chapters that weigh the published evidence, largely from randomised trials and systematic reviews, behind diagnosis and treatment in gastroenterology and hepatology. Part I covers GORD, Barrett's oesophagus, motility disorders, eosinophilic oesophagitis, H. pylori and NSAID injury, non-variceal bleeding, coeliac disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, C. difficile, IBS, colorectal cancer screening, gallstones and acute pancreatitis. Part II covers acute and acute-on-chronic liver failure, viral hepatitis, alcoholic and fatty liver disease, cholestatic and autoimmune disease, variceal bleeding, ascites, encephalopathy, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. Aimed at clinicians who want treatment choices tied to graded evidence.