Table of Contents
Contributors xi
Preface xix
Part I Gastrointestinal disorders
1 Gastroesophageal reflux disease 3Sabine Roman and Peter J. Kahrilas
2 Barrett’s esophagus 21Anh D. Nguyen, Stuart J. Spechler, and Kerry B. Dunbar
3 Esophageal motility disorders 35Gabriel Lang, C. Prakash Gyawali, and Peter J. Kahrilas
4 Eosinophilic esophagitis 50Craig C. Reed and Evan S. Dellon
5 Ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori infection: current treatment 68Naoki Chiba
6 Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-gastropathy and enteropathy 86Moe H. Kyaw, Alaa Rostom, Katherine Muir, Catherine Dube, Emilie Jolicoeur, Michel Boucher, Peter Tugwell, George Wells, and Francis K.L. Chan
7 Acute non-variceal gastrointestinal hemorrhage: treatment 110Kathryn Oakland and Vipul Jairath
8 Functional dyspepsia 127Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten
9 Celiac disease: diagnosis, screening, and prognosis 139Adam S. Faye and Benjamin Lebwohl
10 Therapy for Crohn’s disease 150Reena Khanna, Barrett G. Levesque, John W.D. McDonald, and Brian G. Feagan
11 Ulcerative colitis 173Vipul Jairath, John W.D. McDonald, and Brian G. Feagan
12 Pouchitis after restorative proctocolectomy 187Mathurin Fumery, Siddharth Singh, Darrell S. Pardi, and William J. Sandborn
13 Microscopic colitis: collagenous and lymphocytic colitis 196Johan Bohr, Fernando Fernandez-Banares, and Ole K. Bonderup
14 Drug-induced diarrhea 208Bincy P. Abraham, and Joseph H. Sellin
15 Prevention and treatment of travelers’ diarrhea 225David R. Tribble
16 Metabolic bone disease in gastrointestinal disorders 240Herman Bami, Arthur N. Lau, and Jonathan D. Adachi
17 Colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitis: surveillance 258Paul Collins, Bret A. Lashner, and Alastair J.M. Watson
18 Colorectal cancer: population screening and surveillance 271Catherine Dube and Linda Rabeneck
19 Clostridium difficile infections: epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment 284Lynne V. McFarland, Christina M. Surawicz, and Stephen M. Vindigni
20 Irritable bowel syndrome 306Alexander C. Ford
21 Intestinal pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie’s syndrome) 332Meihuan Chang and Alexander G. Heriot
22 Gallstone disease 342Kurinchi S. Gurusamy and Brian R. Davidson
23 Acute pancreatitis 353Kurinchi S. Gurusamy and Brian R. Davidson
Part II Liver disease
24 Acute-on-chronic liver failure: diagnosis prognosis and treatment 363Jane Macnaughtan
25 Acute liver failure: prognosis and management 374Jennifer Price, Brian J. Hogan, and Banwari Agarwal
26 Infection in cirrhosis 384Elisa Brauns and Thierry Gustot
27 Liver biopsy 395Benjamin H. Mullish, Naveenta Kumar, Robert D. Goldin, and Pinelopi Manousou
28 Pregnancy and liver disease 408J.J. King and R.H. Westbrook
29 Cholangiocarcinoma 425Peter L. Labib, Giuseppe K. Fusai, and Stephen P. Pereira
30 Noninvasive tests of liver fibrosis 445Laurent Castera
31 Hepatitis C: treatment 454Mary D. Cannon Kosh Agarwal and Geoffrey Dusheiko
32 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection: in special situations 470Eleni Koukoulioti and Thomas Berg
33 Hepatitis B: prognosis and treatment 490Apostolos Koffas, Upkar Gill, and Patrick Kennedy
34 Alcoholic liver disease 503Meritxell Ventura-Cots, Nambi Ndugga, and Ramon Bataller
35 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease 523Marie Boyle and Quentin M. Anstee
36 Hemochromatosis 547Gary P. Jeffrey and Paul C. Adams
37 Wilson’s disease 554Claire Kelly, Aftab Ala, and Michael L. Schilsky
38 Primary biliary cholangitis (formerly primary biliary cirrhosis) 574Palak J. Trivedi and Gideon M. Hirschfield
39 Autoimmune hepatitis 592Martha M. Kirstein, Arndt Vogel, and Michael P. Manns
40 Primary sclerosing cholangitis 602Mette Vesterhus and Tom H. Karlsen
41 Variceal bleeding 619Damien Leith and Rajeshwar P. Mookerjee
42 Hepatic venous outflow syndromes and splanchnic venous thrombosis 645Laure Elkrief and Dominique Valla
43 Ascites hyponatremia spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatorenal syndrome 662Salvatore Piano, Marta Tonon, and Paolo Angeli
44 Hepatic encephalopathy: classification diagnosis and treatment 676Radha K. Dhiman and Sahaj Rathi
45 Hepatocellular carcinoma: diagnosis and prognosis 693Massimo Colombo and Massimo Iavarone
46 Hepatocellular carcinoma: treatment 703Alexa Childs and Tim Meyer
47 Drug-induced liver disease: mechanism and diagnosis 715Camilla Stephens, M. Isabel Lucena and Raul J. Andrade
48 Liver transplantation: prevention and treatment of rejection 729Francois Durand and Claire Francoz
49 Liver transplantation: prevention and treatment of infection 744Marta Bodro, Javier Fernandez, and Asuncion Moreno
50 Management of HCV infection after liver transplantation 753Audrey Coilly, Bruno Roche, and Didier Samuel
Index 765