Gastrointestinal EmergenciesMark B. Taylor Discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal emergencies. Some of the topics covered--such as typhlitis, the acute abdomen in pregnancy, graft versus host disease, phlegmonous gastritis, and chemical and drug-induced colitis--are not found in most gastrointestinal textbooks. Other topics discussed include pediatric emergencies, infections of the esophagus in the immunocompromised host, intestinal and hepatic complications of bone marrow and stem cell transplantation, gastrointestinal complications of AIDS, foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract, caustic ingestions, and alcoholic hepatitis. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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