Gastrointestinal Bleeding : A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management

Introduction Upper GI Bleeding Chapter 1. Stabilization of the Patient at Presentation (4 figures, B&W) Chapter 2 Urgent workup for upper gi bleeding (2-3 tables, 4-5 B&W images, 3 color photographs) Urgent upper endoscopy Urgent tagged red cell scan Urgent arteriogram for diagnosis Chapter 3 Management of bleeding esophageal varicies (1 table, 2 line drawings, 3 color and 3 B&W photographs) Chapter 4 Management of duilofoy (4-6 illustrations, 2 color photos) Chapter 5 Management of bleeding peptic ulcer disease (2 tables, 6-8 illustrations, 4 photographs) Chapter 6 Management of unusual upper sources of bleeding GAVE, aortoduodenal fistula, av malformation. Hemorrhagic gastritis, (3 illustrations, 3 photographs) Chapter 7 Management of Mallory Weiss tear (2 photographs, 2 illustrations) Chapter 8 Management of bleeding small bowel tumors (4 illustrations, 2 photographs) Chapter 9 Management of bleeding from the bile duct (4 illustrations, 2 B&W photos, 1 color photo) Chapter 10 Management of bleeding from the pancreas (2 illustrations, 2 B&W, 2 color photos) Lower GI Bleeding Chapter 11 Urgent work up of Lower GI bleeding (2-3 tables, 4-5 B&W images, 3 color photographs) Urgent colonoscope Urgent arteriogram for diagnosis Urgent tagged red cell scan Chapter 12 Management of bleeding hemorrhoids (4 illustrations, 4 photographs) Chapter 13 Management of bleeding colitis (4 photographs) Chapter 14 Management of av malformation of the colon (2 B&W photos, 2 color photos, 1 table) Chapter 15 Management of bleeding colon tumors (4 illustrations, 2 photos) GI Bleeding from an Unknown Source Chapter 16 Occult GI Bleeding: Evaluation of the Guaiac positive patient (5 figures, 2 tables, 2 color photographs) Chapter 17 Obscure GI Bleeding (2 figures, 2 tables, 5 color photographs) Capsule and Double Balloon Techniques Chapter 18 Provocative Angiography (1 figure, 1 table, 5 B&W photographs) Chapter 19 The unstable patient with obscure GI bleeding (1 table, 2 figures, 2 color photographs) Surgical and non-Surgical Management Index