Gastroenterologia

The Scientification of Gastroenterology During the 20th Century * Science contributes to medicine in three ways: It provides a body of relatively secure knowl- edge. Some of that knowledge has been applied to develop technologies which have had a major impact upon the practice and effectiveness of medicine. Last, science offers to medicine a way of thinking. - 1. McCormick [(1993) The Contribution of Science to Medicine. Perspect. Bioi. Med. 16,315.] Awareness of the digestive system began with the dawn of civilization, when man, observing the feeding habits of animals in the surrounding environment, experimented with foods, edible and inedible. Identity came with discoveries of the digestive organs during the 16th and 17th centuries. Function was revealed by physiologic studies of digestion, absorp- tion and secretion, metabolism, and motility during the 18th and 19th centuries. Diagnostic access improved with the technological advances of the 20th century. Understanding of gas- trointestinal (GI) disease followed the growth of the basic sciences and gastroenterology's involvement in scientific research during the latter half of the 20th century. Early in the 20th century, gastroenterology was yet an undefined activity without clinical or scientific guidelines. Diagnostic approach to the digestive tract was minimal. Valid con- cepts of disease were lacking. Visceroptosis, sitophobia, and "colonic autointoxication" were common "diagnoses." Therapeutic resources were scarce.

As a single comprehensive reference source and full-colour atlas, this book covers a wide range of pathology. Normal anatomy as well as developmental abnormalities are detailed. A variety of non-neoplastic conditions are covered, including transplant pathology, diabetes mellitus and pancreatitis. Neoplasms are emphasized. The difficulties encountered with frozen section diagnosis, cytopathology, and tumor classification systems are addressed. Common and rare conditions of pancreas, gallbladder, extrahepatic biliary tract and ampullary regions are all extensively reviewed. Special attention is paid to clinical features, prognostic factors, biologic behavior and survival. With almost 1,300 colour images and over 5,300 references, this treatise is a major contribution to field.

This handbook keeps on-the-go health care professionals up-to-speed on the latest management and medication options for gastroenterology problems. The book is organized in two major sections for easy reference. The first section consists of short synopses of presentations, investigations, and management options for common gastroenterologic conditions. The second section consists of monographs on drugs associated with the GI system, including antacids, antidiarrheals, anti-infectives, laxatives, and proton pump inhibitors. Monographs cover indications, administration and dosage, contraindications, warnings, interactions, and adverse reactions. An appendix provides useful tables regarding drug therapy, such as 'GI Drugs with Black Box Warnings' and 'FDA Orphan Drugs with GI Uses'.

This book presents information on 23 conditions.

CIGES Atlas of Laparoscopic Surgery, 2/e features more than 800 full-colour illustrations and is a complete step-by-step guide to the most advanced an successful laparoscopic surgical procedures. The author is one of the world's foremost laparoscopic surgeons. There are twelve sections, the first focuses on basic information such as instrumentation, operating room layout, hemostasis, laparoscopic access and diagnostic laparoscopy. The remaining eleven demonstrate specific operative procedures for various organ systems. This edition features two new sections on pediatric and gynecologic surgery. Photographs and drawings are skillfully integrated with the author's detailed 'how-to' descriptions

This easy-to-use, multipurpose resource is the ideal first stop for answers - for those in practice, on the wards, teaching, or preparing for boards. "Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Gastroenterology" offers brief but expert and up-to-date coverage of gastrointestinal, biliary, hepatic, and pancreatic diseases. With its consistent formatting chapter by chapter, this text makes it simple to locate the practical information you need on diagnosis, testing, disease processes, and up-to-date treatment and management strategies. It is concise, accessible clinical information on gastroenterology. It brings together the best in current recommendations from experts directly involved in patient care and clinical teaching. It provides single-source look-ups of essential topics in diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, pancreas, liver, and bile ducts. It emphasizes up-to-date, cost-effective diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies for the full range of gastroenterological problems. It serves as an easy-to-use, ready reference for gastroenterologists, surgeons, family physicians, and internists who see patients with GI complaints. It provides practical guidance on imaging studies, endoscopy, and treatment of pregnancy-related GI problems. It covers disease processes involving more than one organ, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, acute diarrhea, and AIDS, and discusses liver failure, the liver in systemic disease, and liver transplantation. It helps house officers and fellows care for patients and prepare for rounds and clinical conferences. It facilitates review - especially for those preparing for specialty exams or specialists wanting to update their knowledge.

This book provides a survey for the gastric cancer surgeon. Two main chapters deal with resection and different types of reconstruction. Further contributions deal with clinical and pathological staging, imaging diagnostic tools, survival, and outcome after surgery, and adjuvant therapy. In particular the technique of the ileocolon interpositional graft for reconstruction is emphasized. This book is written for gastric surgeons, gastroenterologists, and oncologists. Numerous figures illustrate the different surgical techniques and explain the operative procedure step by step.

This volume of the "International Review of Neurobiology" was written to assist researchers without any previous experience with in situ hybridization, allowing them to follow the protocols and expect good results. It contains all the information required for newcomers to achieve successful in situ hybridization results, and methods for improving the technique of those already utilizing it. Published since 1959, "International Review of Neurobiology" is a well-known series appealing to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists. Led by an internationally renowned editorial board, this important serial publishes both eclectic volumes made up of timely reviews and thematic volumes that focus on recent progress in a specific area of neurobiology research. Published since 1959, "International Review of Neurobiology" is a well-known series appealing to neuroscientists, clinicians, psychologists, physiologists, and pharmacologists. Led by an internationally renowned editorial board, this important serial publishes both eclectic volumes made up of timely reviews and thematic volumes that focus on recent progress in a specific area of neurobiology research.