Gastrointestinal Tract Imaging: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide

Gastrointestinal Tract Imaging: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide

by Julie Nightingale, Robert Law
ISBN-10:
0443067899
ISBN-13:
9780443067891
Pub. Date:
11/24/2009
Publisher:
Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN-10:
0443067899
ISBN-13:
9780443067891
Pub. Date:
11/24/2009
Publisher:
Elsevier Health Sciences
Gastrointestinal Tract Imaging: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide

Gastrointestinal Tract Imaging: An Evidence-Based Practice Guide

by Julie Nightingale, Robert Law
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Overview

This book offers a unique insight into the rapidly changing radiology service, and offers introductory chapters which provide the fundamental underpinning knowledge required for safe and effective GI practice. Subsequent chapters discuss the evidence base related to a range of imaging procedures suitable for investigation of upper and lower GI symptoms, supported by key pathology chapters. The book also explores the range of treatments available for the more common GI tract pathology.
  • Multi professional authorship.
  • Detailed evidence-informed explanations of a range of individual GI procedures, including suggestions for problem solving and adaptation of technique.
  • With extensive illustrations, medical images, boxes and tables.
  • References and further reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780443067891
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date: 11/24/2009
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii

Foreword ix

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xiii

Chapter 1 Evolving practice and shifting boundaries in gastrointestinal tract imaging Julie M. Nightingale Myke Kudlas Liza Ricote 1

Chapter 2 Medico-legal aspects of gastrointestinal imaging practice Peter Hogg Charlotte Thompson 19

Chapter 3 Introduction to patient preparation and pharmacology for gastrointestinal tract examinations Alison Booth 29

Chapter 4 Applied anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) Julie M. Nightingale 45

Chapter 5 Symptoms of upper gastrointestinal disease Christopher Wong 79

Chapter 6 Investigation of salivary gland disease Vivian E. Rushton 87

Chapter 7 Videofluoroscopy Roger D. Newman 103

Chapter 8 Fluoroscopic examinations of the pharynx, esophagus and stomach Robert L. Law 117

Chapter 9 Tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract Nyla Nasir Najib Haboubi Emil Salmo 135

Chapter 10 Symptoms of lower gastrointestinal disease Anne M. Pullyblank 151

Chapter 11 Fluoroscopically guided fine bore intubation Robert L. Law 163

Chapter 12 Fluoroscopic investigations of the small bowel Robert L. Law 181

Chapter 13 Fluoroscopic investigations of the large bowel Robert L. Law Helen Carter (proctography section) 203

Defecating proctography Helen Carter 221

Chapter 14 Tumors of the small and large intestine Emil Salmo Najib Haboubi 229

Chapter 15 An introduction to diverticular disease Robert L. Law 243

Chapter 16 Introduction to inflammatory conditions of the small and large bowel Ian S. Shaw 257

Chapter 17 Cross-sectional investigations, nuclear medicine and ultrasound of the small and large bowel Jessie Aw S. Gandhi 273

Chapter 18 CT colonography Christine Bloor 293

Chapter 19 Introduction to the reporting of gastrointestinal (GI) radiological procedures David Gary Culpan 305

Chapter 20 Endoscopy of the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract Anne M. Pullyblank Christopher Wong 319

Chapter 21 Common surgical procedures of the gastrointestinal tract Anne M. Pullyblank Christopher Wong 327

Chapter 22 Upper gastrointestinal and colorectal stenting

Part 1 Upper GI tract stenting Robert L. Law 351

Part 2 Colorectal self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) Derrick Martin Robert L. Law 363

Chapter 23 Radiotherapy and chemotherapy of GI tract malignancy Neil Bayman Mark P. Saunders 377

Index 395

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