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Gastrointestinal Bleeding - A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Gastrointestinal Bleeding - A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Gastrointestinal bleeding is an age-old problem. The original
description of g-
trointestinalbleedingmayhavebeenfromGalenandhisworkconnectingdyspepsia
andmelanoticstool.
Thechangesinourmanagementofgastrointestinalbleeding
overthecenturieshavebeendrivenbynaturalalterationsinthespectrumofdiseases,
expanding our understanding of these diseases and the never ending
advances in
technologyandpharmacologythathaveoccurredrelativetoGIdiseases.
Academic
interestingastrointestinalbleedingpeakedinthelasthalfofthetwentiethcentury
withtheexpandingroleofsurgery,thediscoveryofacid-basedpepticulcerthe-
pies,andtheriseof?exibleendoscopyandculminatedinthedescriptionofh.
pylori as a causative agent for ulcer disease. More recently there
has been a decrease
incidenceinbleedingdiseasesofthegutandthereforeadecreasinginterestinthe
scholarlywritingaboutthesediseases.
Therehasnotbeenamajortextbookwritten
aboutgutbleedinginover10yearsandthereforetheintentionofthistextbookisto
?llthatvoidbyprovidingareviewofacomprehensiveapproachtouppergut,mid,
andlowergutbleeding.
CliniciansatDukeUniversitywhohaveacommoninterestinthegastrointes-
naltracthavecollaboratedintheconstructionofthistext.
Thisefforthasbrought together surgeons, gastroenterologists, and
radiologists, to carefully chronicle the presentation, diagnosis,
and management of modern day causes of gastrointes- nal bleeding.
These co-authors concentrate on some of the latest innovations in
the endoluminal and minimally invasive techniques that characterize
the current approaches to these diseases. Emphasis has been placed
on capsule endoscopy, double-balloon endoscopy, laparoscopic peptic
ulcer surgery, and angiographic diagnosis and management
techniques. The text has been written in such a way
thatthereadercanquicklyreviewaspeci?ccauseofGIbleedingpriortomanaging
ofsuchapatient. Weexpectthistextwillbeusedwiththesameimmediacyasthe
diseasespresent.
Wehopethatthistextprovidesafoundationforlearningformedicalstudents,
interns,residents,andpractitionerswhoencounterthesecriticallyillanddif?cultto
managepatients. Durham,NC,USA AuroraD. Pryor Durham,NC,USA
TheodoreN. Pappas Durham,NC,USA MalcolmStanleyBranch v
Acknowledgment TheeditorswouldliketothankMs.
VirginiaCashforherhelpinthepreparation andcoordinationofthetext.
vii Contents Part I Upper GI Bleeding Stabilization of Patients
Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding. ..3 ErrolL.
BushandMarkL. Shapiro Urgent Workup for Upper Gastrointestinal
Bleeding...13 LorettaErhunmwunseeandSandhyaA. Lagoo-Deenadayalan
Management of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding ...23
KekiBalsaraandLisaPickett Management of Dieulafoy's Lesions ...31
SerainaK. Faes,BrianR. Untch,ClaireEdwards,JohnTurner,
MartinPoleski,andDouglasS. Tyler Management of Bleeding Peptic
Ulcer Disease ...39 JamesC. PadussisandTheodoreN. Pappas Management
of Unusual Sources of Upper GI Bleeding...65
ElisabethTracyandJanetTuttle-Newhall Mallory-Weiss Syndrome...79
JacobN. SchroderandMalcolmS. Branch Management of Bleeding Small
Bowel Tumors...85 KeriE. LunsfordandAuroraD. Pryor Management of
Bleeding from the Bile Duct ...103 CarlosE. MarroquinandBridgetM.
Marroquin Management of Bleeding from the Pancreas...
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