Inflammatory Bowel Disease : Diagnosis and Therapeutics.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease : Diagnosis and Therapeutics.

The latest edition of this text provides a comprehensive overview of the "natural flow of knowledge" regarding inflammatory bowel disease, with an emphasis on state-of-the art approaches that should be the basis for diagnosis and treatment of most patients. In addition to updated chapters,...

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Main Author: Cohen, Russell D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
Edition:3rd ed.
Series:Clinical Gastroenterology.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Gastroenterology.
Pathology.
Rectum > Surgery.
medicines (material)
pathology.
medicine (discipline)
Gastroenterology
Medicine
Pathology
Rectum > Surgery
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Table of Contents:
  • Dedication; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: The New Face of IBD; Epidemiology of IBD in the West; IBD in the West: Minority Racial and Ethnic Groups (Hispanics and African Americans); IBD in the East; Migration and Risk of IBD; Future Directions and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2: IBD in the New World, Old World, and Your World; Introduction; IBD in Highly Industrialized Countries of the Western World; Historical and Current Perspective; Incidence and Prevalence; Current Landscape; Environmental Risk Factors in the Western World.
  • IBD in Newly Industrialized Countries Outside the Western World Historical and Current Perspective; Incidence and Prevalence; Environmental Risk Factors in Contrast to the Western World; IBD in Your World: Importance of the Global Rise of IBD; Burden of IBD Today; Predicting the Future in Highly Industrialized Countries; Predicating the Future in Newly Industrialized Countries; Mitigating the Rising Burden of IBD; References; Chapter 3: Do Genes Matter?; Do Genes Matter?; Prediction of Disease Severity and Patterns; Pharmacogenomics: Has the Time Finally Arrived?
  • Genetic Testing in IBD: Can We, Should We? Summary; References; Chapter 4: State of the Art and Future Predictions: Isn't There a Test for That? Diagnosing IBD; New, Good Stuff and Future Predictions; Introduction; Diagnostic Approach to IBD; Stool Testing for Enteric Pathogens; Laboratory Testing; Endoscopy; Imaging; IBD Serologies; Fecal Biomarkers; Wireless Capsule Endoscopy; Summary; References; Chapter 5: Not Your Grandma's Colonoscope: Novel Endoscopic Approaches; Introduction; The Colonoscope.
  • Resolution: Standard White-Light Versus High-Definition Versus Ultra-High-Definition High Magnification: Optical Versus Digital; SD Versus HD and High Magnification in IBD; Endoscope-Based Contrast Image Enhancement Modalities: NBI, I-Scan, FICE; Wide-Field Colonoscopy; Fuse; Through-the-Scope Tools; Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy; Optical Coherence Tomography; Over-the-Scope Attachments; Small Bowel Enteroscopy; Overtube-Assisted Enteroscopy; Single-Balloon Enteroscopy (SBE); NaviAid AB; Rotational Enteroscopy; DBE Versus RE; Endoscopic Ultrasound; Capsule Endoscopy.
  • ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 6: Radiology Redefined; Introduction; When Do We Need Imaging?; Imaging of Patients with IBD; MR Enterography; MR Enterography Technique; Advanced MR Enterography Techniques; 3T Imaging; Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI; Diffusion-Weighted Imaging; Motility and Cinematographic Techniques; MRI Findings of Crohn's Disease; Bowel Wall Thickening; T2-Weighted Imaging Findings; Bowel Wall Enhancement; Mucosal Findings; Motility; Mesenteric Findings; Complications; Perianal Disease; Pitfalls; Evaluation of Response to Treatment.

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