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Diarrhea

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Stefano Guandalini

    1. Celiac Disease Center, Div. Pediatric Gastroenterology,, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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  2. Haleh Vaziri

    1. Health Center, Div. Gastroenterology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, USA

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  • Clinical pearls" of new advances in diagnosis and therapy
  • Diagrams and diagnostic/therapeutic algorithms not found in the major texts
  • Clinically-oriented flavor appealing to the practicing physician
  • Illustrations permitting rapid acquisition of practical information
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Clinical Gastroenterology (CG)

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Definition, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Classification, and Differential Diagnosis of Diarrhea

    • Udayakumar Navaneethan, Ralph A. Giannella
    Pages 1-31

  3. Infectious Gastroenteritis and Colitis

    • Jennifer M. Newton, Christina M. Surawicz
    Pages 33-59

  4. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    • Steven Bernick, Sunanda Kane
    Pages 61-79

  5. Eosinophilic Enteritis

    • Charles W. DeBrosse, Li Zuo
    Pages 81-91

  6. Microscopic Colitis

    • Darrell S. Pardi
    Pages 93-103

  7. Food Allergy

    • Stefano Guandalini
    Pages 105-116

  8. Protein-Losing Enteropathies

    • Jonathan Goldstein, Richard Wright
    Pages 117-139

  9. Radiation Enterocolitis

    • Einar G. Lurix, Jorge A. Zapatier, Andrew Ukleja
    Pages 141-157

  10. Congenital Disorders of Digestion and Absorption

    • Douglas Mogul, Eric Sibley
    Pages 159-175

  11. Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency

    • Alphonso Brown, Steven D. Freedman
    Pages 177-188

  12. Bacterial Overgrowth

    • Rosemary J. Young, Jon A. Vanderhoof
    Pages 189-207

  13. Celiac Disease

    • Stefano Guandalini
    Pages 209-224

  14. Whipple Disease

    • George T. Fantry
    Pages 225-236

  15. Surgical Conditions Presenting with Diarrhea

    • Erica M. Carlisle, Mindy B. Statter
    Pages 237-263

  16. Chronic Diarrheal Disorders due to Endocrine Neoplasms

    • Tanvi Dhere, Julia Massaad, Shanthi V. Sitaraman
    Pages 265-279

  17. Diarrhea from Enterotoxins

    • Gianluca Terrin, Roberto Berni Canani
    Pages 281-298

  18. Factitious Diarrhea

    • Erica N. Roberson, Arnold Wald
    Pages 299-310

  19. Chronic Idiopathic Diarrhea

    • Lawrence R. Schiller
    Pages 311-324

  20. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    • Arnold Wald
    Pages 325-339
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About this book

This volume provides in a conveniently accessible package a comprehensive collection of accurate and timely information on the management of patients with diarrhea, both in pediatric age and in the adult. As medical knowledge has recently expanded in this area, this volume is full of new practical, clinically useful material for the busy clinician. Illustrations are emphasized to permit rapid acquisition of practical information that is not readily available in the major texts. Each chapter is concise, concentrating on "clinical pearls," and new advances in diagnostic and therapeutic technology. Each chapter discusses the relative costs of diagnostic and therapeutic options to permit financial considerations to be taken into account in the decision making process. Additional unique features include, summaries of key points, recommendations, and indications for requesting GI subspecialty consultation. Providing a comprehensive but practical overview of the issues surrounding the diarrheal diseases, this volume will prove of great value and utility to gastroenterologists, surgeons, internists, primary care physicians.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book has distinguished contributors and editors, and its 27 chapters deal with a range of specific disease entities or syndromic conditions that are associated with diarrhoea. … residents in gastroenterology will find this book useful … . Overall, the book is a moderately useful reference for gastroenterologists, physicians and paediatricians in practice.” (B. S. Ramakrishna, The National Medical Journal of India, Vol. 24 (6), November/December, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Celiac Disease Center, Div. Pediatric Gastroenterology,, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Stefano Guandalini

  • Health Center, Div. Gastroenterology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, USA

    Haleh Vaziri

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diarrhea

  • Book Subtitle: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Advances

  • Editors: Stefano Guandalini, Haleh Vaziri

  • Series Title: Clinical Gastroenterology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-183-7

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Spring Science+Business Media, LLC 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-60761-182-0Published: 08 November 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61779-710-1Published: 01 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-60761-183-7Published: 17 October 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2197-7399

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-7704

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 500

  • Topics: Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Primary Care Medicine, Abdominal Surgery, Clinical Nutrition

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