Emergencies in Gastroenterology and Hepatology

An easily accessible guide to diagnosing and managing critical situations, Emergencies in Gastroenterology and Hepatology aids doctors in dealing with acutely sick patients quickly and effectively. The book provides practical advice on how to make difficult decisions in an emergency situation. Areas covered include life and death emergencies, as well as the broad problems faced by on-call Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists on a daily basis. The focus throughout is on immediate management, but the book also includes reference to long term follow up for certain problems. Each chapter has an associated algorithm, which summarises the contents of the chapter, providing an aide memoir for the reader and facilitating learning, as well as being a quick reference tool. Bullet-point information for speed and clarity combined with the integral cross-referencing system, further enables quick access to the necessary information.1. Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding ; 2. Overt lower gastrointestinal bleeding ; 3. Severe iron deficiency anaemia ; 4. Severe vomiting ; 5. Severe acute diarrhoea ; 6. Gastroenteritis ; 7. Complications of inflammatory bowel disease ; 8. Acute thoracic pain and dysphagia ; 9. Acute abdominal pain ; 10. Malnutrition and chronic gastrointestinal disease ; 11. Complications of nutritional support ; 12. HIV disease and the GI tract ; 13. Assessment of liver function ; 14. Jaundice ; 15. Acute liver failure ; 16. Complications of cirrhosis and portal hypertension ; 17. Infections and the liver ; 18. Drug-induced liver injury ; 19. The liver in pregnancy ; 20. Hepatic trauma ; 21. Hepatic, neuroendocrine and general oncological emergencies ; 22. Liver transplant patients