Geared to a wide readership of practicing clinicians and trainees in primary care medicine and gastroenterology, this handbook offers practical information on Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Coverage begins with the patient's first visit and proceeds through the diagnostic workup: endoscopy, radiologic testing, and instruments for rating and classifying inflammatory bowel disease. Discussions of therapy include conventional therapies, immunomodulators, biologic therapies, surgical approaches, and intestinal stomas. Chapters discuss extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory bowel disease and the liver, infections, and pouchitis. Additional chapters focus on nursing considerations, nutrition, women's health issues, and inflammatory bowel disease and the workplace.
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Contributing Authors Preface Chapter 1: The First Visit Chapter 2: Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 3: Radiologic Testing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 4: Accepted Instruments for Rating and Classifying Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 5: Conventional Therapies for Ulcerative Colitis Chapter 6: Conventional Therapies for Crohn's Disease Chapter 7: Immunomodulators in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 8: Biologic Therapies in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 9: Surgical Approaches to Ulcerative Colitis Chapter 10: Surgical Approaches to Crohn's Disease Chapter 11: Surgical Approaches to Perianal Disease Chapter 12: Intestinal Stomas Chapter 13: Extraintestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 14: Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Liver Chapter 15: Infections in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 16: Pouchitis Chapter 17: Nursing Considerations for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 18: Nutrition in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 19: Women's Health and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Chapter 20: Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Workplace Appendix: Patient Q & A Index
