Gastroenterology

The Mount Sinai Expert Guides provide quick access to point–of–care specialist clinical information for physicians across a range of therapeutic areas.

For each specialty area, the guides emphasize:

Common pitfalls in diagnosis and management

How to prevent complications

Diagnostic and treatment algorithms

Key scientific trials

Evidence–based clinical content

Major society guidelines

in order to summarize the very latest in diagnosis and management of diseases and related symptoms. Edited by renowned specialists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, key faculty members provide the content for all chapters. To ensure consistency within each book and the series as a whole, chapters follow a unified structure throughout.

Bonus features such as online case studies with related questions for self–assessment, key patient advice, and  ICD codes are provided via the series companion website.

Each guide also has its own mobile app available for  purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be.

List of Contributors, ix

Series Foreword, xiv

Preface, xv

Abbreviation List, xvi

About the Companion Website, xxi

Part 1: Approach to Specific Complaints

1 Approach to Dysphagia, 3
Gina R. Sam

2 Approach to Nausea and Vomiting, 13
Aimee L. Lucas

3 Approach to Abdominal Pain, 21
Jonathan Z. Potack

4 Approach to Diarrhea, 31
Bruce E. Sands

5 Approach to Constipation, 45
Mark A. Korsten, Hanumantha R. Ancha, and Miriam Kaminski

6 Approach to Fecal Incontinence, 56
Sita S. Chokhavatia

7 Approach to Gastrointestinal Bleeding, 68
Blair S. Lewis and Christina A. Tennyson

8 Approach to Nutrition Assessment, 78
Laura Manning and Lauren K. Schwartz

9 Approach to the Pregnant Patient with GI Disorders, 87
Elana A. Maser

Part 2: Specific Diseases/Conditions

10 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, 101
Lawrence B. Cohen

11 Barrett s Esophagus, 111
Sharmila Anandasabapathy

12 Eosinophilic Esophagitis, 120
Brijen J. Shah

13 Esophageal Motility Disorders, 131
Barry W. Jaffin

14 Esophageal Disorders Related to Medication, Trauma, and Infection, 143
Stuart I. Finkel

15 Management of Foreign Bodies of the GI Tract, 156
James George

16 Functional Dyspepsia, 160
Sita S. Chokhavatia

17 Peptic Ulcer Disease, 170
Neville D. Bamji and Ariel A. Benson

18 Helicobacter pylori Treatment and Eradication, 180
Anthony A. Weiss

19 Gastroparesis, 193
Eric S. Goldstein

20 GI Complications of Obesity Surgery, 203
Jonathan Z. Potack

21 Tumors of the Foregut, 213
Michelle Kang Kim

22 Short Bowel Syndrome and Malnutrition, 222
Lauren K. Schwartz and Benjamin L. Cohen

23 Bacterial Overgrowth, 233
Peter H. Rubin

24 Celiac Disease, 238
Ariel A. Benson and James Aisenberg

25 Infectious Enteritis and Colitis; Bacterial Food Poisoning; Intestinal Protozoa and Helminthic Infestations, 250
Jenny Sauk

26 Immunodefi ciency and the GI Tract, 260
Saurabh Mehandru

27 GI Stromal Tumors, 270
Peter E. Legnani

28 Neuroendocrine Tumors, 279
Richard R.P. Warner

29 Pancreatitis (Acute, Chronic, Autoimmune), 292
Jeffrey R. Lewis and Yuki Young

30 Pancreatic Cysts and Tumors, 304
Christopher J. DiMaio

31 Disorders of the Biliary Tract, 323
Ron Palmon and Kalpesh K. Patel

32 GI Complications of Transplant, 336
Vera Kandror Denmark

33 Vascular Lesions of the GI Tract, 347
Jose Romeu

34 Irritable Bowel Syndrome, 358
Charles D. Gerson

35 Crohn s Disease, 366
Joana Torres and Jean–Frédéric Colombel

36 Ulcerative Colitis, 379
Adam F. Steinlauf and Daniel H. Present

37 Complications of Restorative Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch–Anal Anastomosis, 390
Joel J. Bauer and Stephen R. Gorfine

38 Radiation Enterocolitis, 398
Prashant Kedia and Adam Steinlauf

39 Clostridium difficile, 411
Gerald Friedman

40 Ischemic Disease of the Small and Large Bowel, 422
Ari Grinspan and Asher Kornbluth

41 Diverticular Diseases of the Colon, 435
David B. Sachar

42 Adenocarcinoma of the Large Bowel and Hereditary Colon Cancer Syndromes, 443
Steven H. Itzkowitz

43 Colonoscopic Polypectomy, 455
Jerome D. Waye

44 Surveillance for Dysplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 467
Thomas A. Ullman

45 Diseases of the Anus and Rectum, 477
Alexander J. Greenstein and Sergey Khaitov

46 Complications of GI Endoscopy, 487
James F. Marion

Index, 499

A color plate section appears between pages 74 and 75

Edited by

Bruce E. Sands MD, MS, AGAF, FACG, FACP, Chief of the Dr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology,
Mount Sinai Medical Center and Mount Sinai Health System, Dr. Burrill B. Crohn Professor of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Scott L. Friedman MD, Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA