Lecture notes. Gastroenterology and hepatology

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
About the companion website
Part I Clinical Basics
	Chapter 1 Approach to the patient with abdominal pain
		Chronic abdominal pain
		Acute abdominal pain
	Chapter 2 Approach to the patient with liver disease
		Epidemiology
		Clinical features
		Assessment of the severity of liver disease
	Chapter 3 Approach to the patient with luminal disease
		Dysphagia
		Nausea and vomiting
		Constipation
		Diarrhoea
		Anal incontinence
		Weight loss
		Iron-deficiency anaemia
	Chapter 4 Nutrition
		Nutritional physiology
		Evaluation of nutritional status
		Nutritional support
		Parenteral nutrition
		Enteral nutrition
		Physiology of starvation
		The refeeding syndrome
		Intestinal failure
	Chapter 5 Gastrointestinal infections
		Oral infections
		Oesophageal infections
		Helicobacter pylori infection
		Acute gastroenteritis
		Intestinal tuberculosis
		Miscellaneous gut infections
		Anal infections
		Gut symptoms in HIV infection
	Chapter 6 Gastrointestinal investigations
		Structural tests
		Physiological tests
Part II Gastrointestinal Emergencies
	Chapter 7 Acute gastrointestinal bleeding
		Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding
		Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding
	Chapter 8 Acute upper and lower gastrointestinal emergencies
		Acute total dysphagia
		Oesophageal rupture
		Acute diarrhoea
		Gut obstruction and ileus
		Foreign bodies
	Chapter 9 Acute liver failure
		Epidemiology and causes
		Pathophysiology
		Clinical features
		Management
	Chapter 10 Pancreatobiliary emergencies
		Acute pancreatitis
		Clinical features
		Acute cholangitis
Part III Regional Gastroenterology
	Chapter 11 Oral cavity
		Oral ulcers
		Oral cancer
		Oral manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease
		Dental enamel erosion
		Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia
		Gardner syndrome
		Peutz–Jegher’s syndrome
	Chapter 12 Oesophagus
		Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
		Caustic oesophagitis
		Oesophageal motility disorders
		Oesophageal tumours
		Oesophageal endoscopic abnormalities
	Chapter 13 Stomach and duodenum
		Gastritis
		Ménétrier’s disease
		Peptic ulcer disease
		Gastric and duodenal ulcer
		Zollinger–Ellison syndrome
		Gastroparesis
		Gastric carcinoma
		Gastric lymphoma
		Other gastric tumours
	Chapter 14 Small intestine
		Malabsorption
		Intestinal failure
		Coeliac disease
		Tropical sprue
		Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
		Bile acid malabsorption
		Whipple’s disease
		Protein-losing enteropathy
		Intestinal infections
		Small intestine tumours
		Miscellaneous intestinal disorders
	Chapter 15 Small and large bowel disorders
		Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs)
		Microscopic colitis
		Functional gastrointestinal disorders
		Ischaemia of the gut
		Radiation enterocolitis
	Chapter 16 Colon
		Colorectal tumours
		Miscellaneous colonic disorders
	Chapter 17 Anorectum
		Haemorrhoids
		Anal fissure
		Anal fistula
		Anal pain and itch
		Anal cancers
		Rectal prolapse
		Solitary rectal ulcer syndrome
	Chapter 18 Pancreatic diseases
		Pancreatic anatomy
		Physiology
		Chronic pancreatitis
		Pancreatic tumours
	Chapter 19 Biliary diseases
		Embryology
		Biliary anatomy
		Biliary physiology
		Biliary microbiology
		Cholelithiasis
		Cholecystitis
		Acalculous biliary pain
		Structural bile duct abnormalities
		Cholangiocarcinoma
	Chapter 20 Consequences of chronic liver disease
		Anatomy of the liver
		Physiology of the liver
		Jaundice
		Portal hypertension
		Ascites
		Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
		Oesophageal and gastric varices
		Hepatic encephalopathy
		Hepatorenal syndrome
		Hepatopulmonary syndrome
	Chapter 21 Liver transplantation
		Indications and contraindications
		The operation
		Postoperative care
		Strategies to maximise donor pool
	Chapter 22 Alcoholic liver disease
		Epidemiology and causes
		Clinical features
		Investigations
		Management
	Chapter 23 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
		Epidemiology and cause
		Clinical features
		Management
		Prognosis and natural history
	Chapter 24 Viral hepatitides
		Hepatitis A
		Hepatitis E
		Hepatitis B
		Hepatitis D
		Hepatitis C
		Other viral hepatitides
	Chapter 25 Drug-induced liver injury
	Chapter 26 Autoimmune hepatitis
		Epidemiology and cause
		Clinical features
		Investigations
		Management
		Prognosis
	Chapter 27 Liver tumours and lesions
		Epidemiology and causes
		Clinical features
		Investigations
		Management and prognosis
	Chapter 28 Vascular liver diseases
		Embryology
		Vascular anatomy of the liver
		Budd–Chiari syndrome
		Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
		Congestive hepatopathy and cardiac cirrhosis
		Portal vein thrombosis
	Chapter 29 Pregnancy-related liver disease
		HELLP syndrome
		Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
		Obstetric cholestasis
		Hyperemesis gravidarum
	Chapter 30 Hereditary and congenital liver diseases
		Hereditary haemochromatosis
		Wilson’s disease
		Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
		Alagille’s syndrome
		Hereditary hyperbilirubinaemias
		Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes
		The porphyrias
		Glycogen storage diseases
		Biliary atresia
Part IV Study Aids and Revision
	Gastrointestinal history check-list
	Abdominal examination routine
	Rectal examination routine
	Common OSCE cases
	Surgical sieve
Part V Self-Assessment: Answers
	Self-assessment: answers
Index
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