Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Apr. 9, 2014).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Gastrointestinal bleeding : diagnosis and outcomes / Hyasinta Jaka and Phillipo Chalya -- Dieulafoy lesions as a cause of gastrointestinal bleeding / Rani Kanthan, Jenna-Lynn Senger and Selliah Chandra-Kanthan -- Early risk assessment of patients presented with upper gastrointestinal bleeding / Mohammed Z. Mustafa and Adrian J. Stanley -- Diagnostic imaging of gastrointestinal bleeding / Lauren Alexander and Desiree E. Morgan -- Management of patients with acute GI bleeding : advances in endoscopic therapy / Andrew Y. Wang and Mary M. Flynn -- Endovascular management of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding / Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal ... [and others] -- Endovascular management of nonvariceal lower gastrointestinal bleeding / Ahmed Kamel Abdel Aal ... [and others] -- Variceal hemorrhage / Mohamed G. Shoreibah, Omar I. Massoud and Ashwani K. Singal -- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt / Souheil Saddekni ... [and others] -- Surgical management of gastoesophageal varices / Jared A. White, Stephen H. Gray, DEvin E. Eckhoff and Derek A. DuBay.
Summary
Gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is one of frequent emergencies that clinicians frequently manage in clinical practice. This book contains several chapters dedicated to the diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal bleeding. This book includes current updates on all areas of GI bleeding including upper GI, lower GI, and small bowel bleeding. It fully covers the different symptoms and signs of gastrointestinal bleeding that can occur in different conditions. The outline of the many dilemmas faced by clinicians in their approach to their patients like diagnostic predictors of clinical outcome,
