ABSTRACT

Key Topics in Gastroenterology provides an up-to-date overview of clinical gastroenterology and hepatology. Information is presented in a uniform and structured manner to aid understanding. This text is aimed at junior staff, particularly Senior House Officers who are preparing for their MRCP examination, but is also a useful reference source for q

chapter |4 pages

ABNORMAL LIVER TESTS

chapter |3 pages

ACHALASIA

chapter |7 pages

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE

chapter |5 pages

ASCITES

chapter |4 pages

AUTOIMMUNE CHRONIC HEPATITIS

chapter |3 pages

BARRETT’S OESOPHAGUS

part |2 pages

Benign gastric and duodenal tumours

chapter |5 pages

CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS

chapter |3 pages

CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA

chapter |6 pages

CHRONIC PANCREATITIS

chapter |4 pages

CIRRHOSIS

chapter |6 pages

COELIAC DISEASE

chapter |3 pages

COLITIS—NON-SPECIFIC

chapter |3 pages

COLONIC POLYPS

chapter |7 pages

COLORECTAL CANCER AND SCREENING

chapter |7 pages

CONSTIPATION

part |2 pages

DIABETIC GASTROPARESIS

chapter |5 pages

DIARRHOEA

chapter |7 pages

DUODENAL ULCERS

chapter |7 pages

DYSPEPSIA

chapter |3 pages

DYSPHAGIA

chapter |8 pages

GALLSTONE DISEASE

chapter |5 pages

GASTRIC ULCERS

chapter |7 pages

GASTRITIS AND DUODENITIS

chapter |5 pages

Gastrointestinal infections—parasitic

chapter |6 pages

GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE

chapter |6 pages

HAEMATEMESIS AND MELAENA

chapter |4 pages

HAEMOCHROMATOSIS

chapter |5 pages

HELICOBACTER PYLORI

chapter |5 pages

HEPATIC TUMOURS

part |2 pages

HEPATITIS A

chapter |7 pages

HEPATITIS B AND D

chapter |4 pages

HEPATITIS C, E AND G

chapter |8 pages

HIV INFECTION AND THE GUT

chapter |4 pages

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

chapter |8 pages

JAUNDICE

chapter |3 pages

LIVER DISEASE IN PREGNANCY

chapter |7 pages

MALABSORPTION

chapter |7 pages

MALIGNANT TUMOURS OF THE STOMACH

part |2 pages

MENETRIER’S DISEASE

chapter |4 pages

NAUSEA AND VOMITING

chapter |9 pages

NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOURS

chapter |4 pages

OESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA

chapter |3 pages

OESOPHAGEAL DYSMOTILITY

chapter |3 pages

OESOPHAGEAL WEBS, RINGS AND DIVERTICULA

chapter |6 pages

PORTAL HYPERTENSION

chapter |5 pages

POSTSURGICAL STOMACH

chapter |5 pages

PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS

chapter |4 pages

PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS

chapter |3 pages

PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS

chapter |4 pages

RADIATION ENTERITIS

chapter |4 pages

RECTAL BLEEDING

chapter |3 pages

SMALL BOWEL DIVERTICULOSIS

chapter |6 pages

TRANSPLANTATION—LIVER

part |2 pages

TRANSPLANTATION—SMALL BOWEL

part |2 pages

WHIPPLE’S DISEASE

chapter |3 pages

WILSON’S DISEASE