Pediatric Gastroenterology: Requisites

✍ Scribed by Chris A. Liacouras MD, David A. Piccoli MD

• Publisher: Mosby
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 357
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume in the Requisites in Pediatrics series offers expert guidance in the assessment and treatment of gastroenterological disorders commonly encountered in clinical practice. It delivers all the information you need in the proven "high-yield" Requisites format - equipping you to master the material quickly. Perfect for quick review and exam preparation, this is one resource you'll consult over and over again!Follows a logical, consistent chapter format to facilitate quick and easy reference. Offers abundant tables that present differential diagnoses, lab values / radiologic studies, treatment / therapy recommendations, and guidance on when to refer to a specialist.Presents thought-provoking clinical scenarios to help you determine the best course of action in situations where there are controversies concerning the standard of care.Features a wealth of illustrations that make details clearer.Includes highlighted boxes that emphasize relevant case studies · key points of each section · current controversies · and other important information.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Contributors......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 13
Abdominal Mass......Page 16
Achalasia......Page 26
Caustic Ingestions......Page 32
Celiac Disease......Page 37
Constipation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome......Page 43
Eosinophilic Esophagitis......Page 55
Failure to Thrive......Page 61
Foreign Bodies and Bezoars......Page 77
Gastroesophageal Reflux......Page 87
Gastrointestinal Bleeding......Page 100
Helicobacter pylori Infection......Page 111
Hirschsprung’s Disease......Page 127
Infectious Diarrhea......Page 136
Inflammatory Bowel Disease......Page 144
Intussusception......Page 155
Lactose Intolerance......Page 159
Malrotation and Volvulus......Page 165
Meckel’s Diverticulum......Page 171
Necrotizing Enterocolitis......Page 176
Parasitic Infections......Page 183
Perianal Anomalies......Page 200
Polyps and Polyposis Syndromes......Page 205
Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction......Page 213
Short Bowel Syndrome......Page 224
Small Bowel Bacterial Overgrowth......Page 230
Alagille Syndrome......Page 240
Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency......Page 246
Autoimmune Hepatitis......Page 250
Cholelithiasis......Page 256
Congenital Hepatic Fibrosis......Page 266
Hemochromatosis......Page 274
Metabolic Liver Disease: Tyrosinemia, Galactosemia, and Hereditary Fructose Intolerance......Page 280
Jaundice......Page 289
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis......Page 298
Viral Hepatitis......Page 302
Wilson Disease......Page 311
Congenital Anomalies......Page 320
Cystic Fibrosis......Page 327
Pancreatitis......Page 335
Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome......Page 342
Index......Page 348