Pocket Guide to Inflammatory Bowel Disease

✍ Scribed by Sunanda V. Kane, Marla C. Dubinsky

• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 154
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) present special challenges for practitioners, whether in the office, in the clinic, or on the telephone. This easy to read, easy to use pocket guide has been written by respected clinicians to help anyone who cares for IBD patients identify key problems and make decisions about treatment. Each chapter is devoted to a particular complaint or symptom and covers conditions to consider, questions to ask, and tests to order. The guide also contains valuable information on medications, complementary and alternative therapies, dealing with special populations, and long-term concerns such as non-adherence.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Tables......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Foreword......Page 13
Contributing Authors......Page 15
PART ONE: Basic Overviews......Page 19
1: Introduction to Ulcerative Colitis......Page 21
COMPLICATIONS......Page 22
THERAPY......Page 23
PROGNOSIS......Page 24
2: Introduction to Crohn's Disease......Page 25
CLINICAL FEATURES......Page 26
THERAPY......Page 27
PROGNOSIS......Page 28
PART TWO: Patient Symptoms......Page 29
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 31
III. Tests to Order......Page 32
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 34
II. Questions to Ask......Page 35
III. Tests to Order......Page 36
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 37
II. Questions to Ask......Page 38
III. Tests to Order......Page 40
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 43
II. Questions to Ask......Page 44
III. Tests to Order......Page 47
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 49
II. Questions to Ask......Page 50
III. Tests to Order......Page 52
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 54
II. Questions to Ask......Page 55
III. Tests to Order......Page 58
II. Questions to Ask......Page 60
III. Tests to Order......Page 61
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 62
II. Questions to Ask......Page 63
III. Tests to Order......Page 65
II. Questions to Ask......Page 67
III. Tests to Order......Page 68
PART THREE: Medications and Other Therapies......Page 69
12: Medications Used in IBD......Page 71
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 78
II. Questions to Ask......Page 79
III. Tests to Order......Page 80
14: Complementary and Alternative Medicine......Page 81
II. Questions to Ask......Page 83
III. Some Caveats......Page 90
PART FOUR: Special Populations......Page 93
II. Questions to Ask......Page 95
III. Tests to Order......Page 97
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 98
II. Questions to Ask......Page 99
III. Tests to Order......Page 104
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 106
II. COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS......Page 108
III. TESTS TO ORDER......Page 110
18: The Elderly Patient......Page 112
II. Questions to Ask......Page 113
III. Tests to Order......Page 116
PART FIVE: Special Considerations......Page 117
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 119
II. Questions to Ask......Page 120
III. Tests to Order......Page 125
II. Questions to Ask......Page 127
III. Tests to Order......Page 133
21: Osteoporosis......Page 134
II. Questions to Ask......Page 135
III. Test to Order......Page 140
I. Conditions to Consider......Page 142
II. Questions to Ask......Page 143
III. Other Steps to Take......Page 145
Selected References......Page 147
Index......Page 151