DESCRIPTION:
The latest edition of this text provides a practical reference for physicians and other health care providers caring for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding. Similar to the previous edition, this volume addresses common problems associated with gastrointestinal bleeding and discusses in a logical and step-wise fashion appropriate options for patient care. The text is structured based on the location of bleeding, with common, rare and unknown sources being addressed. It also includes updated and new chapters focusing on the newest advances in imaging and interventional modalities in the care of patients with GI bleeding, as well as highly practical presentations of typical patients seen in clinical practice.

Written by world renowned experts in gastrointestinal diseases, Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis and Management, Second Edition is a valuable resource in the management of gastrointestinal bleeding both for those currently in training and for those already in clinical practice.

CONTENTS:
Part I Upper GI Bleeding
1. Stabilization of Patients Presenting with Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
2. Urgent Workup for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
3. Management of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
4. Management of Dieulafoy""s Lesions
5. Management of Bleeding Peptic Ulcer Disease
6. Management of Unusual Sources of Upper GI Bleeding
7. Mallory-Weiss Syndrome
8. Diagnosis and Management of Bleeding Small Bowel Tumors
9. Management of Bleeding from the Bile Duct
10. Management of Bleeding from the Pancreas
Part II Lower GI Bleeding
11. Urgent Workup of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
12. Bleeding Hemorrhoids
13. Management of Colonic Diverticular Bleeding and Bleeding Colitis
14. Colonic Arteriovenous Malformations
15. Bleeding Colorectal Tumors
Part III GI Bleeding from an Unknown Source
16. Evaluation of the Guaiac-Positive Patient
17. Endoscopic Techniques for Evaluating Small Bowel Blood Loss: Video Capsule and Device-Assisted Enteroscopy
18. Provocative Angiography
19. The Unstable Patient with Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Surgical and Nonsurgical Management