cover image - Gastrointestinal and Liver Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323936774
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 12-19-2023
Page Count: 768
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $53.99

Gastrointestinal and Liver Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition

by Peter R. McNally, DO, MSRF, FACG,

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Gastrointestinal and Liver Secrets - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323936774
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 12-19-2023
Page Count: 768
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $53.99
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For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Gastrointestinal and Liver Secrets, 6th Edition (formerly known as GI/Liver Secrets), offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.
    • The proven Secrets Series® format gives you the most return for your time – succinct, easy to read, engaging, and highly effective
    • Fully revised and updated throughout, making it an excellent resource for understanding the physiology and therapy of hepatic and digestive disease
    • New chapters on Microbiome and Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    • Top 100 Secrets provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams
    • More than 250 full-color illustrations, endoscopic images, micrographs, and algorithms, plus videos and clinical vignettes online
    • Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content
    • Portable size makes it easy to carry with you for quick reference or review anywhere, anytime
    • 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
  • Section 1: Esophagus
    1. Gastroesophageal reflux disease
    2. Esophageal causes of chest pain
    3. Achalasia
    4. Swallowing disorders and dysphagia
    5. Esophageal cancer
    6. Esophageal anomalies, infections, and nonacid injuries
    7. Barrett esophagus
    8. Esophageal and stomach pathology

    Section 2: Stomach
    9. Gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and helicobacter pylori infection
    10. Gastric cancer
    11. Thickened gastric folds
    12. Gastroparesis

    Section 3: Liver and Biliary Tract Disorders
    13. Evaluation of abnormal liver tests
    14. Microbiome in health and disease
    15. Antiviral therapy for hepatitis c
    16. Antiviral therapy for hepatitis b
    17. Autoimmune hepatitis—diagnosis
    18. Autoimmune hepatitis—treatment
    19. Primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis
    20. Vaccinations and immunoprophylaxis in gastrointestinal and liver disorders
    21. Pregnancy and liver disease
    22. Rheumatologic manifestations of hepatobiliary diseases
    23. Evaluation of focal liver masses
    24. Drug-induced liver disease
    25. Alcoholic liver disease, alcoholism, and alcohol withdrawal
    26. Vascular liver disease
    27. Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (mafld): nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (nafld/masld) and metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis (mash)
    28. Overview of liver transplantation
    29. Ascites
    30. Liver abscess
    31. Inheritable forms of liver disease
    32. Liver histopathology
    33. Hepatobiliary cystic disease
    34. Gallbladder disease: causes, complications, and therapies
    35. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography plus sphincter of oddi dysfunction

    Section 4: Pancreatic Disorders
    36. Acute pancreatitis
    37. Chronic pancreatitis
    38. Pancreatic cancer
    39. Cystic lesions of the pancreas

    Section 5: Small and Large Bowel Disorders
    40. Celiac disease
    41. Crohn’s disease
    42. Ulcerative colitis
    43. Eosinophilic gastrointestinal diseases and eosinophilic esophagitis
    44. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth

    Section 6: Colon Disorders
    45. Colon disorders and colon cancer
    46. Constipation and fecal incontinence
    47. Diverticulitis
    48. Surgical considerations in inflammatory bowel disease and benign anorectal pathologies
    49. Colitis: clostridioides difficile infection, microscopic colitis, and radiation proctitis/proctopathy

    Section 7: General Symptoms and Conditions
    50. Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage
    51. Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding
    52. Occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
    53. Evaluation of acute abdominal pain
    54. Acute diarrhea
    55. Chronic diarrhea
    56. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and the gastrointestinal tract
    57. Ischemic bowel disease
    58. Nutrition, malnutrition, and probiotics
    59. Small bowel and colon pathology
    60. Foreign bodies and the gastrointestinal tract
    61. Functional gastrointestinal disorders and irritable bowel
    62. Endoscopic cancer screening and surveillance

    Section 8: Multisystem Manifestations of GI Disease
    63. Rheumatologic manifestations of gastrointestinal diseases
    64. Dermatologic manifestations of gastrointestinal disease
    65. Diseases of the appendix

    Section 9: Gastrointestinal Radiology
    66. Plain film, barium, and virtual colonography
    67. Interventional radiology i: cross-sectional imaging procedures
    68. Interventional radiology ii: fluoroscopic and angiographic procedures
    69. Noninvasive gastrointestinal imaging: ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging
    70. Nuclear imaging
    71. Endoscopic ultrasound

    Section 10: Surgery and the Gastrointestinal Tract
    72. Esophageal surgery
    73. Surgery for peptic ulcer disease
    74. Surgical approach to the acute abdomen
    75. Colorectal surgery: polyposis syndromes, colorectal malignancies, and benign diseases
    76. Gastrointestinal secrets: bariatric surgery
    77. Minimally invasive surgery
  • Peter R. McNally, DO, MSRF, FACG,, Chief, GI/Hepatology, Evans Army Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado, American Board of Internal Medicine Certification in Internal Medicine American Board of Gastroenterology Certification in Gastroenterology, USA
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