Gastroenterology

Satish Keshav is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Emma Culver is a Registrar Gastroenterologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

• Preface, vii How to use this book, viiiList of abbreviations, ixPart 1 Basics, 1Basic science, 1Approach to the patient, 14Part 2 Cases, 29Upper gastrointestinalCase 1 A 61-year-old woman with progressive dysphagia, 29Case 2 A 52-year-old man with atypical chest pain, 34Case 3 A 57-year-old woman with upper abdominal discomfort, 40Case 4 A 36-year-old man with upper abdominal discomfort and heartburn, 45Case 5 A 27-year-old woman with nausea and vomiting, 51Case 6 A 73-year-old man with haematemesis and melaena, 56Case 7 A 68-year-old woman with fatigue, weight loss and altered bowel habit, 63Lower gastrointestinalCase 8 A 23-year-old woman with constipation, 69Case 9 A 24-year-old woman with chronic diarrhoea, 74Case 10 A 51-year-old woman with acute nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea, 80Case 11 A 79-year-old woman with altered bowel habit and weight loss, 85Case 12 A 54-year-old man with rectal bleeding, 90Case 13 A 66-year-old woman with anaemia, 95Liver diseaseCase 14 A 64-year-old man with abnormal liver function tests, 100Case 15 A 45-year-old man with acute jaundice, 109Case 16 A 53-year-old woman with jaundice and abnormal liver tests, 115Case 17 A 53-year-old man with abdominal swelling, 120Case 18 A 36-year-old man who drinks alcohol, 125Biliary and pancreatic diseaseCase 19 A 79-year-old man with right upper quadrant colicky abdominal discomfort, 131Case 20 A 19-year-old man with acute abdominal pain, 136NutritionCase 21 A 35-year-old woman with anorexia, 143Case 22 A 48-year-old man with an increased body mass index, 148Functional disordersCase 23 A 21-year-old student with chronic abdominal pain, 153Part 3 Self-assessment, 159MCQs, 159EMQs, 162SAQs, 166Answers, 167Further reading, 173Index of cases by diagnosis, 175Index, 177The colour plate section can be found facing p.54.