Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

Translated into seven languages, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has for the last 25 years been the basic primer for endoscopy around the world, providing clear, clinical and practical guidance on the fundamentals of endoscopy practice, from patient positioning and saf...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haycock, Adam
Other Authors: Cohen, Jonathan, Saunders, Brian P., Cotton, Peter B., Williams, Christopher B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Wiley, 2013.
Edition:7th ed.
Subjects:
Gastrointestinal system > Diseases > Diagnosis.
Gastrointestinal system > Surgery.
Gastrointestinal system > Diseases > Diagnosis
Gastrointestinal system > Surgery
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Video Clips; Preface to the Seventh Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; About the Companion Website; CHAPTER 1: The Endoscopy Unit, Staff, and Management; Endoscopy units; Procedure rooms; Patient preparation and recovery areas; Equipment management and storage; Staff; Procedure reports; The paperless endoscopy unit; Management, behavior, and teamwork; Documentation and quality improvement; Educational resources; Further reading; CHAPTER 2: Endoscopic Equipment; Endoscopes; Tip control; Instrument channels and valves.
  • Different instrumentsEndoscopic accessories; Ancillary equipment; Electrosurgical units; Lasers and argon plasma coagulation; Equipment maintenance; Channel blockage; Infection control; Staff protection; Cleaning and disinfection; Endoscope reprocessing; Mechanical cleaning; Manual cleaning; Manual disinfection; Disinfectants; Rinsing, drying, and storing; Accessory devices; Quality control of reprocessing; Safety and monitoring equipment; Further reading; CHAPTER 3: Patient Care, Risks, and Safety; Patient assessment; Is the procedure indicated?
  • What are the risks? Unplanned events and complicationsPatient education and consent; Physical preparation; Monitoring; Medications and sedation practice; Sedation/analgesic agents (Table 3.3); Anesthesia; Other medications; Pregnancy and lactation; Recovery and discharge; Managing an adverse event; Further reading; CHAPTER 4: Upper Endoscopy: Diagnostic Techniques; Patient position; Endoscope handling; Passing the endoscope; Direct vision insertion; Blind insertion; Insertion with tubes in place; Finger-assisted insertion; Routine diagnostic survey; Esophagus; Stomach.
  • Through the pylorus into the duodenumPassage into the descending duodenum; Retroflexion in the stomach (J maneuver); Removing the instrument; Problems during endoscopy; Patient distress; Getting lost; Inadequate mucosal view; Recognition of lesions; Esophagus; Stomach; Duodenum; Dye enhancement techniques; Specimen collection; Biopsy techniques; Cytology techniques; Sampling submucosal lesions; Diagnostic endoscopy under special circumstances; Operated patients; Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding; Endoscopy in children; Endoscopy of the small intestine; Further reading.
  • CHAPTER 5: Therapeutic Upper EndoscopyBenign esophageal strictures; Dilation methods; Post-dilation management; Achalasia; Balloon dilation; Botulinum toxin; Esophageal cancer palliation; Palliative techniques; Esophageal stenting; Esophageal perforation; Gastric and duodenal stenoses; Gastric and duodenal polyps and tumors; Foreign bodies; Foreign body extraction; Extraction devices; Acute bleeding; Lavage?; Bleeding lesions; Variceal treatments; Treatment of bleeding ulcers; Treatment of bleeding vascular lesions; Complications of hemostasis; Enteral nutrition.

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