Decision Making in Gastroenterology Decision Making Series

• Contains 80 algorithms covering commonly encountered symptoms and signs, specific gastrointestinal conditions, esophageal disorders, liver conditions, pancreatic diseases, and colorectal conditions.

• Outlines the key decision points in patient management, providing a wealth of systematic information that ensures you take into account the proper physical signs and test results that will guide your recommendations.

• Presents an algorithm on one page and instructional text for key nodes within the algorithm on the facing page.

• Offers a first-line approach to patients with common signs and symptoms in Section 1; Section 2 includes algorithms for the most commonly treated GI disorders.

• Provides step-by-step decision-making guidance for diagnosis and management of esophageal motility disorders, achalasia, foreign body ingestion, hepatic encephalopathy, celiac disease, irritable bowel syndrome, hepatocellular carcinoma, colonic ischemia, acute pancreatitis, primary biliary cholangitis, biologic therapy in inflammatory bowel disease, immune checkpoint inhibitor colitis, and much more.

• An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date.

Section 1: Symptoms and Signs 1. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease 2. Dysphagia 3. Hiccups 4. Acute Abdominal Pain 5. Chronic Abdominal Pain 6. Chronic Nausea and Vomiting 7. Acute Vomiting 8. Dyspepsia 9. Jaundice 10. Abnormal Weight Loss 11. Acute Diarrhea 12. Chronic Diarrhea 13. Constipation 14. Fecal Incontinence 15. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding 16. Severe Hematochezia 17. Suspected Small Bowel Bleeding 18. Iron Deficiency Anemia 19. Foreign Body Ingestion 20. Caustic Ingestions Section 2: Specific Gastrointestinal Disorders 21. Barrett's Esophagus 22. Achalasia 23. Eosinophilic Esophagitis 24. Esophageal Motility Disorders 25. Helicobacter pylori infection 26. Gastroparesis 27. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome 28. Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia 29. Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase Level 30. Elevated Transaminases 31. Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) 32. Management of Hepatitis B 33. Treatment of Hepatitis B during Pregnancy 34. Management of Hepatitis C 35. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 36. Primary Biliary Cholangitis 37. Hemochromatosis 38. Wilson Disease 39. Alcoholic Hepatitis 40. Autoimmune Hepatitis 41. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 42. Prophylaxis of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding 43. Esophageal Variceal Bleeding 44. Gastric Varices 45. Chronic Bleeding from Portal Hypertension 46. Acute Kidney Injury in Cirrhosis 47. Hepatic Encephalopathy 48. Portal Vein Thrombosis in Cirrhosis 49. Ascites 50. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 51. Hepatic Mass 52. Liver Lesions in Cirrhosis 53. Hepatocellular Carcinoma 54. Suspected Choledocholithiasis 55. Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction 56. Choledochal Cysts 57. Acute Pancreatitis 58. Chronic Pancreatitis 59. Pancreatic Cysts 60. Celiac Disease 61. Short Bowel Syndrome 62. Microscopic Colitis 63. Acute Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction 64. Irritable Bowel Syndrome 65. Defecation Disorders 66. Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis 67. Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis 68. Crohn's Disease 69. Management of Crohn's Disease in Pregnancy 70. Postoperative Management of Crohn's Disease 71. Biologic Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 72. Surveillance of Colorectal Neoplasia in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 73. Colonic Ischemia 74. Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Colitis 75. Clostridioides difficile Infection 76. Colon Polyp Surveillance 77. Malignant Colorectal Polyps 78. Lynch Syndrome 79. Rectal Neuroendocrine Tumors 80. Appendiceal Neuroendocrine Tumors