Pages
552
Year
2014
Language
English

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Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Gastroenterology will provide physicians with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major GI diseases and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management.

Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disease to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information. All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features:

-An opening bottom-line/key points section

-Classification, pathogenesis and prevention of disease

-Evidence-based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient

-Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, when to perform surgery, management algorithms and how to prevent complications

-How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly

-The very latest evidence-based results, major society guidelines (ASG/ACG/UEGW) and key external sources to consult

If you specialise in gastroenterology and require a concise, practical guide to the clinical management of GI disease, bought to you by one of world's leading hospitals, then this is the perfect book for you.

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