Short description
Here is a volume in the "Illustrated Colour Text" series covering gastroenterology and liver disease. The book, following the usual format of the series, has double page spreads, each covering a distinct topic. There are ten sections, and the contents are organised by presenting problem. The book incorporates all the usual features of the series--colour line drawings, diagnostic algorithms, colour clinical photos (including endoscopic investigations) and other radiological images, as well as text features such as summary boxes.
Long description
This is a volume in the "Illustrated Colour Text" series covering Gastroenterology and liver disease. The book follows the usual format of the series as double page spreads each covering a discrete topic. The contents of the book are organised by presenting problem and are in ten sections. The book incorporates all the usual features of the series - colour line drawings, diagnostic algorithms, colour clinical photos (including endoscopic investigations) and other radiological images, as well as text features such as summary boxes etc.
Review
This is a very pleasant book to glance through when you need to recall some fundamental aspects of gastrointestinal disease and will be especially useful to junior hospital doctors, motivated specialist nurses...and general practitioners... Editor in Chief, Digestive and Liver Disease, April 2004
Table of contents
- THE CLINICAL APPROACH History Examination INVESTIGATIONS IN GASTROENTEROLOGY Standard investigations I Standard investigations II DYSPHAGIA The clinical approach Cancer of the oesphagus Barrett's oesophagus/Peptic stricture/Achlasia Neurological and infec