This volume provides in a conveniently accessible package a comprehensive collection of accurate and timely information on the management of patients with diarrhea, both in pediatric age and in the adult. As medical knowledge has recently expanded in this area, this volume is full of new practical, clinically useful material for the busy clinician. Illustrations are emphasized to permit rapid acquisition of practical information that is not readily available in the major texts. Each chapter is concise, concentrating on "clinical pearls," and new advances in diagnostic and therapeutic technology. Each chapter discusses the relative costs of diagnostic and therapeutic options to permit financial considerations to be taken into account in the decision making process. Additional unique features include, summaries of key points, recommendations, and indications for requesting GI subspecialty consultation. Providing a comprehensive but practical overview of the issues surrounding the diarrheal diseases, this volume will prove of great value and utility to gastroenterologists, surgeons, internists, primary care physicians.
Author(s): Udayakumar Navaneethan MD, Ralph A. Giannella MD (auth.), Stefano Guandalini, Haleh Vaziri (eds.)
Series: Clinical Gastroenterology
Edition: 1
Publisher: Humana Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 500
Tags: Gastroenterology; Internal Medicine; Primary Care Medicine; Abdominal Surgery; Clinical Nutrition
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Definition, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Classification, and Differential Diagnosis of Diarrhea....Pages 1-31
Infectious Gastroenteritis and Colitis....Pages 33-59
Inflammatory Bowel Disease....Pages 61-79
Eosinophilic Enteritis....Pages 81-91
Microscopic Colitis....Pages 93-103
Food Allergy....Pages 105-116
Protein-Losing Enteropathies....Pages 117-139
Radiation Enterocolitis....Pages 141-157
Congenital Disorders of Digestion and Absorption....Pages 159-175
Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency....Pages 177-188
Bacterial Overgrowth....Pages 189-207
Celiac Disease....Pages 209-224
Whipple Disease....Pages 225-236
Surgical Conditions Presenting with Diarrhea....Pages 237-263
Chronic Diarrheal Disorders due to Endocrine Neoplasms....Pages 265-279
Diarrhea from Enterotoxins....Pages 281-298
Factitious Diarrhea....Pages 299-310
Chronic Idiopathic Diarrhea....Pages 311-324
Irritable Bowel Syndrome....Pages 325-339
Functional Diarrhea (Non-specific Chronic Diarrhea, Toddler Diarrhea)....Pages 341-356
Diarrhea Related to Non-neoplastic Endocrine Diseases....Pages 357-378
Alcohol-Related Diarrhea....Pages 379-392
Drug-Induced Diarrhea....Pages 393-423
Runner’s Diarrhea....Pages 425-430
Evaluation of Patients with Diarrhea and Timing of Referral....Pages 431-442
Empiric Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea....Pages 443-458
Probiotics for Diarrheal Diseases....Pages 459-474
Back Matter....Pages 475-499
