GI Emergencies (eBook)

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editors Contributing Authors Foreword by Lawrence Brandt, MD Introduction Chapter 1 Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Pushpak Taunk, MD and Marcos C. Pedrosa, MD Chapter 2 Evaluation and Management of Acute Variceal Hemorrhage Ashraf Saleemuddin, MD and Uri Avissar, MD Chapter 3 Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Hillary Tompkins, MD and Audrey H. Calderwood, MD Chapter 4 Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain Joseph Feuerstein, MD and M. Michael Wolfe, MD Chapter 5 Bowel Obstruction and Pseudo-Obstructio Joann Kwah, MD and Wanda P. Blanton, MD Chapter 6 Fulminant Colitis Sharmeel K. Wasan, MD and Francis A. Farraye, MD, MSc Chapter 7 Acute Pancreatitis Ivonne Ramirez, MD and David R. Lichtenstein, MD Chapter 8 Acute Cholangitis and Biliary Emergencies Stephen D. Humm, MD and Christopher S. Huang, MD Chapter 9 Evaluation and Management of Acute Liver Failure Rajeev Prabakaran, MD and Robert C. Lowe, MD Chapter 10 Complications of Portal Hypertension Aarti Kakkar, MD and David P. Nunes, MD Chapter 11 Ischemic Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract Sujai Jalaj, MD and Daniel S. Mishkin, MD, CM, FRCP(C) Chapter 12 Caustic Ingestions, Foreign Bodies, and Food Impactions Jennifer A. Sinclair, MD and Charles M. Bliss Jr., MD, FACP Chapter 13 Complications of Endoscopy Jennifer A. Sinclair, MD and Caroline Loeser, MD Financial Disclosures Index