Product Description: Here's everything you need to treat the full range of pediatric GI and liver diseases...in a convenient, concise single source. Drs Wyllie and Hyams - along with more than 80 experts in the field - bring you a clinically focused reference featuring a uniform chapter organization and a wealth of illustrations and diagrams to make guidance easy to both find and apply.
Offers a bonus web site featuring 500 case-study, self-assessment questions - with answers - along with color clinical images, to help you test your knowledge.
Presents abundant explanatory diagrams which clarify complex concepts.
Features a signs-oriented section, making diagnosis easier and guiding you to detailed disease-specific sections.
Integrates pathophysiology, clinical evidence, and patient-oriented information throughout.
Presents eight new chapters for expanded coverage on the pediatric liver.
Offers a new appendix of pediatric drug dosages, to assist you in prescribing "off label."
Product Description: Advance praise for The Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Fact Book: "Crohn's disease nearly took my life and dream of running in the Olympics. This book is helping me control my disease and stay in training." —Rene Felton, Track and Field National Record Holder "A much needed and valuable resource for IBD patients, their families, and physicians towards understanding IBD." —Kurt J. Isselbacher, M.D., Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital "Since IBD has touched my family I can well understand how this book can offer understanding and hope to all of us." —Gary Collins, Host, Hour Magazine "An invaluable book not only for patients but for doctors as well. Anyone connected with IBD will profit from reading it." —Henry D. Janowitz, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine and Director of IBD Unit, Mount Sinai School of Medicine "This text gave me a better insight into my illness. I have found that knowing what to expect makes coping with the disease easier." —Rolf Benirschke, Placekicker, San Diego Chargers
Product Description: Completely updated to reflect current practice, the 3rd edition of this comprehensive resource provides a multi-disciplinary, in-depth review of the physiology of continence, the pathologic mechanisms producing incontinence, and current treatment options for the various types of incontinence. Assessment, behavioral therapies, and multidisciplinary care are emphasized as key elements in the treatment and management of incontinence. In addition to the life-span content discussed throughout the book, an entire chapter is devoted to bowel and bladder management in children.
Authored and contributed by leaders in the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN).
Provides an in-depth review of the physiology of continence, the pathologic mechanisms producing incontinence, and current treatment options to facilitate optimal assessment and care.
Features detailed assessment guidelines to help clinicians accurately identify causative and contributing factors, and implement of a comprehensive management plan.
Discusses urinary incontinence and fecal incontinence in separate sections to address the special considerations for each in an organized, focused, easy-to-use format.
Features individual, complete chapters for each of the following types of incontinence: stress, functional, reflex (neurogenic bladder), and overactive bladder (urge incontinence).
Devotes separate chapters to Pathology & Management of Postprostatectomy Incontinence and Bowel and Bladder Management in Children to ensure comprehensive coverage of these topics.
Offers life-span content to help clinicians provide appropriate care for patients in every stage of life.
Includes self-assessment questions with answers and rationales for review and self-testing.
Integrates multidisciplinary care throughout to highlight its importance in successful treatment.
Features a new chapter on Pathology & Management of Postprostatectomy Incontinence that provides detailed information on this increasingly important aspect of incontinence.
Includes content on the impact of spinal cord injury on bladder and bowel function.
Do you suffer from heartburn? Is an ulcer bothering you? Are the difficult symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome compromising your life? If so, you are not alone. You are that one out of every three Americans that suffers from chronic digestive problems.
Whether it's constipation, diarrhea, gas, hemorrhoids, ulcers, heartburn, colitis, gallstones, or one of the many other digestive tract problems, Dr. Steven Peikin's self-help nutritional program will help keep you out of the doctor's office—and feeling great.
Based on the latest research and his own clinical experience, Dr. Peikin prescribes a healthy diet high in fiber and low in fat, spices, lactose, and caffeine. He provides a detailed list of "flag foods" to avoid in the case of specific problems; shows you how to use exercise, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, and stress management to complement the program; and offers advice for coordinating the program with weight loss (or weight gain), working with medical professionals, and measuring progress.
"Highly recommended for its thorough coverage, sound advice, and healthy suggestions,"* Gastrointestinal Health—now revised and updated with the latest information on new drugs and research—is everything you need to know to find fast relief from a wide range of gastrointestinal difficulties.
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Do you suffer from heartburn? Is an ulcer bothering you? Are the difficult symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome compromising your life? If so, you are not alone. You are that one out of every three Americans that suffers from chronic digestive problems.
Whether it's constipation, diarrhea, gas, hemorrhoids, ulcers, heartburn, colitis, gallstones, or one of the many other digestive tract problems, Dr. Steven Peikin's self-help nutritional program will help keep you out of the doctor's office -- and feeling great.
Based on the latest research and his own clinical experience, Dr. Peikin prescribes a healthy diet high in fiber and low in fat, spices, lactose, and caffeine. He provides a detailed list of ""flag foods"" to avoid in the case of specific problems; shows you how to use exercise, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, and stress management to complement the program; and offers advice for coordinating the program with weight loss (or weight gain), working with medical professionals, and measuring progress.
""Highly recommended for its thorough coverage, sound advice, and healthy suggestions,""* Gastrointestinal Health -- now revised and updated with the latest information on new drugs and research -- is everything you need to know to find fast relief from a wide range of gastrointestinal difficulties.
Amazon.com: Did you ever tell someone that they think with their stomach? Then you're on the cutting edge of scientific thought, according to researcher Michael D. Gershon. The title of his book The Second Brain refers to the hundred million nerve cells in and around our guts that often act entirely independently of the dictator inside our heads. This isn't so bad--there are some meals we'd rather not have to think about eating, much less digesting. Gershon tells us the stories of his development into a scientist, his determination to promote neurogastroenterology as a legitimate field of research, and the nature of "the brain gone south," all with humor and aplomb.
Though not for the overly squeamish (after all, even if Gershon were to pull his punches, his subject still carries traces of old taboos), The Second Brain is a lively and invigorating read. The illustrations are superb and well labeled; this complements the text, which ranges from clinical to personal, as when the author details the events leading to his mother's tragic death following unnecessary surgery for an ulcer. The interactions between the enteric nervous system and digestion, emotion, and disease are not simple, but Gershon's patient prose explains everything in terms any interested layperson can understand.
As in the best scientific works, The Second Brain informs and inspires, surprising the reader with unexpected complexities and mysteries arising in such a seemingly primitive venue. It makes excellent after-dinner reading. --Rob Lightner
Book Description: Dr. Michael D. Gershon's groundbreaking work clearly demonstrates that the human gut actually has a brain of its own. This remarkable scientific breakthrough offers fascinating proof that "gut instinct" is biological, a function of the second brain.
An alarming number of people suffer from heartburn, nausea, abdominal pain, cramps, diarrhea, constipation, or related problems. Often thought to be caused by a "weakness" of the mind, these conditions may actually be a reflection of a disorder in the second brain. The second brain, located in the bowel, normally works smoothly with the brain in the head, enabling the head-brain to concentrate on the finer pursuits of life while the gut-brain attends to the messy business of digestion. A breakdown in communication between the two brains can lead to stomach and intestinal trouble, causing sufferers great abdominal grief andtoo oftenlabeling them as neurotic complainers.
Dr. Gershon's research into the second brain provides understanding for those who suffer from gut-related ailments and offers new insight into the origin, extent, and management.
The Second Brain is the culmination of thirty years of research. It is an extraordinary contribution to the understanding of gastrointestinal illnesses, as well as a fascinating glimpse into hoe our gut really works.
Product Description: Access today's best guidance on the diagnosis and treatment of digestive disorders with the new edition of this best-selling reference! International experts provide evidence-based perspectives on all clinically relevant topics, explaining step by step how to apply the latest advances in practice. Succinct yet comprehensive discussions provide just the right amount of clinical detail. Plus, a consistent organization and full-color art program enable you to quickly and easily access the information you need.
· Offers more than 1,000 illustrations, photographs, and tables (400 in full color) that promote a visual grasp of the material.
Presents coverage of the hottest topics in today's practice, including GERD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, ulcerative colitis, and Barrett's esophagus, as well as the psychosocial aspects of gastrointestinal and liver diseases. · Features four new chapters covering complimentary and alternative medicine · palliative care · gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) · and eosinophilic disorders, plus expanded information on obesity and nutrition.
Product Description: The Secrets Series® is breaking new ground again. This best-selling volume in the very popular Secrets Series® is back in an exciting, updated, and completely redesigned 3rd Edition! With a new, two-color page layout, a more portable size, a list of the "Top 100 Secrets" in gastroenterology and hepatology, and access to the entire book and more online, it helps readers to better meet the challenges they face today. At the same time, the book retains all of the features that readers have always appreciateda question-and-answer format, lists, mnemonics, tables, and an informal tone that make reference fast and easy. No matter what questions arise, in practice or while preparing for the gastroenterology/hepatology boards, this 3rd Edition has the answersin print and online. And, at no extra charge, purchasers also receive online access to the complete contents of the text via Elsevier's innovative studentconsult.com website.
Uses bulleted lists, tables, short answers, and a highly detailed index to expedite reference.
Features pearls, tips, memory aids, and "secrets" from the experts.
Covers all of today's most common conditions and their treatment.
100 Top Secrets.
Presents a list of the "Top 100 Secrets" to keep in mind during residency and practice.
Features a new, more compact trim size (5 1/4" x 8 1/2") for enhanced portability.
Makes information easier to find with a new, two-color page layout and "Key Points" boxes.
Identifies useful online sources of additional information.
Now includes STUDENT CONSULT access! www.studentconsult.com is an innovative website that allows you to build a personalized, fully integrated, online library, where you'll find...
The entire contents of every STUDENT CONSULT title you purchase.
Powerful search capabilities- View all excerpts relevant to keyword or subject searches (up to 300 words per hit) from every book in the series.
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Product Description: An eclectic and highly original examination of one of the most dynamic concepts-and constructs-in the world.
With more than one billion overweight adults in the world today, obesity has become an epidemic. But fat is not as straightforward-or even as uni-versally damned-as one might think. Enlisting thirteen anthropologists and a fat activist, editors and anthropologists Don Kulick and Anne Meneley have produced an unconventional-and unprecedented-examination of fat in various cultural and social contexts. In this anthology, these writers argue that fat is neither a mere physical state nor an inert concept. Instead, it is a construct built by culture and judged in courts of public opinion, courts whose laws vary from society to society.
From the anthropology of "fat-talk" among teenage girls in Sweden to the veneration of Spam in Hawaii; from fear of the fat-sucking pishtaco vampire in the Andes to the underground allure of fat porn stars like Supersize Betsy-this anthology provides fresh perspectives on a subject more complex than love handles, and less easily understood than a number on a scale. Fat proves that fat can be beautiful, evil, pornographic, delicious, shameful, ugly, or magical. It all depends on who-and where-you are.
Abdominal X-Rays Made Easy by: James D. Begg 1 used from $29.41 13 Thirdparty New from $26.33 Edition: 2 Media: Paperback EAN: 9780443102578 ISBN: 0443102570 Number Of Pages: 228 Publication Date: 2006-07-24 Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Product Description: This lively and entertaining manual on how to interpret abdominal radiographs will be invaluable to all medical students and junior doctors and has been written by a practising radiologist with many years' experience of teaching the subject. It outlines the few simple rules you need to follow, then explains how to sort out the initial and apparently overwhelming jumble of information which constitutes the abdominal X-ray. Knowledge of its contents will provide a secure base for tackling exams and the subsequent challenges of clinical practice.
A comprehensive guide to all the common and serious conditions which are likely to be detected on a plain abdominal x-ray.
Explains both how to look and what to look for on an abdominal film.
Addresses exam technique to assist students preparing for clinical and OSCE exams.
Fully updated including developments in the use of digital radiography and new legislation on radiation exposure.
New additional illustrations of other complimentary forms of imaging such as the use of CT in suspected renal colic.
Dietary strategies and delicious recipes that help manage inflammatory bowel disease.
Good nutrition is a top priority for people living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis and also for their families and friends. There is often a fear of trying new foods, as well as other concerns. Is a current diet appropriate? Can the usual foods purchased at the grocery store still be part of the daily diet?
Crohn's and Colitis Diet Guide addresses these concerns and more. The authors explain how nutrition plays a central role in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and discuss the importance of maintaining general health during times of disease activity and periods of remission. They also show how a person's nutritional status affects immunity, wound-healing and other physiological processes. Reliable, well-researched dietary advice combined with 150 outstanding recipes provides a crucial resource for those managing IBD.
Although good nutrition does not cure IBD, and although -- with certain exceptions -- nutritional therapy does not always control disease flares, good nutrition is important for health maintenance, symptom management and well-being.
