Gastrointestinal Emergencies - Tham, John
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Emergencies of the GI tract present an enormous challenge to practicing gastroenterologists. Gastrointestinal Emergencies provides a practical, up-to-date guide for immediate reference by the practitioner trying to manage complications or emergencies. The text focuses on a range of conditions such as acute pancreatitis, esophageal perforation, capsule endoscopy complications, acute appendicitis, and the difficulties after endoscopy procedures. Gastroenterologists, endoscopists, hepatologists, and GI specialist nurses, whether in training or in practice, will find it an absolutely essential…mehr

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Emergencies of the GI tract present an enormous challenge to practicing gastroenterologists. Gastrointestinal Emergencies provides a practical, up-to-date guide for immediate reference by the practitioner trying to manage complications or emergencies. The text focuses on a range of conditions such as acute pancreatitis, esophageal perforation, capsule endoscopy complications, acute appendicitis, and the difficulties after endoscopy procedures. Gastroenterologists, endoscopists, hepatologists, and GI specialist nurses, whether in training or in practice, will find it an absolutely essential reference tool.
An immediate reference for when unexpected gastrointestinal emergencies occurProvides a practical, up-to-date guide and immediate reference for the physician or surgeon in the management of commonly presenting GI emergenciesComprises three sections using the symptom based approach, which gives a quick overview of the initial presenting complaint before reading detailed sections on specific problemsCovers procedures for avoiding and managing specific conditions, particularly difficulties after endoscopy procedures - including the latest techniquesOffers clear and succinct advice relevant to all those working on general medical and surgical units and predominantly those in specialist gastroenterology areas

An immediate reference for when unexpected gastrointestinal emergencies occurThis book provides invaluable guidance for the physician or surgeon when they encounter a patient with a gastrointestinal emergency - either during a procedure or when a patient has been stabilised by the emergency team and then admitted to the care of the gastroenterology team.It provides a practical, up-to-date guide and immediate reference for the physician or surgeon in the management of commonly presenting GI emergencies.This edition comprises three sections using the symptom based approach, which gives a quick overview of the initial presenting complaint before reading detailed sections on specific problems.It covers procedures for avoiding and managing specific conditions, particularly difficulties after endoscopy procedures - including the latest techniques.It also offers clear and succinct advice relevant to all those working on general medical and surgical units and predominantly those in specialist gastroenterology areas.
Autorenporträt
Dr John Collins graduated from The Queen's University of Belfast in 1976. His postgraduate training in gastroenterology and internal medicine was completed in the RAF Medical Services, the Northern Ireland Deanery and in the Medical College of Wisconsin. He was appointed as Consultant Gastroenterologist to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast in 1990. He has research interests in H pylori, GORD and small bowel capsule endoscopy. He is a Past President of the Irish Society of Gastroenterolgy and is currently Secretary of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.Roy Soetikno, MD, was promoted to associate professor of medicine (gastroenterology and hepatology) at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System through February 2008. He is a leader in advanced therapeutic endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography. He specializes in performing endoscopic surgery of early gastrointestinal cancer. Soetikno is chief of the endoscopy unit at the VA and associate chief of the gastrointestinal section.His educational background includes engineering, epidemiology, gastroenterology and technical expertise in endoscopy. Soetikno has an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Washington University (1985), a medical degree from the University of Chicago (1990) and a graduate degree in health sciences research from Stanford (1996). He later completed clinical and research fellowships in gastroenterology at Stanford, an advanced therapeutic endoscopy fellowship at Harvard and a fellowship in ultrasound and gastrointestinal oncology at UC-Irvine. He became an assistant professor at Stanford in 1999.Dr Tham qualified from Queen's University of Belfast. He trained in gastroenterology in Belfast and completed his training as a visiting fellow in the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. He is a Consultant Gastroenterologist in the Ulster Hospital, Belfast. He is Regional Specialty Adviser for Medical Specialties in the Northern Ireland deanery. He is lead clinician in upper gastrointestinal cancer in the Ulster Hospital. He has published many papers in endoscopy topics in peer reviewed journals.
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"This is a highly useful book for physicians dealing with emergency situations and complications relating to any part of the digestive system - the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon (including all its portions), liver, pancreas, bile ducts and other organs. We commend the editors and all contributors for creating this valuable and outstanding book." (Biz India, 2 February 2012)

Reviews on 1st edition:
"This book [...] educates the uninitiated that there are many emergencies associated with the gastrointestinal tract and that these may present to either physicians or surgeons." (Emergency Medicine Journal, 18 523)

"This book provides clear and succinct advice and should be made readily available to those working on general medical and surgical units." (Ulster Medical Journal, 72 (2) pp129 November 2003)