Sleisenger & Fordtran's gastrointestinal and liver disease : pathophysiology, diagnosis, management / [edited by] Mark Feldman, Lawrence S. Friedman, Marvin H. Sleisenger.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
V. 1. Sect. I. Biology of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Gastrointestinal hormones and neurotransmitters / Rodger A. Liddle --
Mucosal immunology and mechanisms of gastrointestinal inflammation / R. Balfour Sartor --
Cellular growth and neoplasia / Daniel C. Chung and Daniel K. Podolsky --

Sect. II. Approach to patients with symptoms and signs. Acute abdominal pain / Robert E. Glasgow and Sean J. Mulvihill --
Chronic abdominal pain / Braden Kuo --
Symptoms of esophageal disease / Kenneth R. DeVault --
Dyspepsia / Kenneth R. McQuaid --
Nausea and vomiting / Juan-R. Malagelada and Carolina Malagelada --
Diarrhea / Lawrence R. Schiller and Joseph H. Sellin --
Intestinal gas / Hiroki Oghe and Michael D. Levitt --
Fecal incontinence / Lawrence R. Schiller --
Constipation / Sonal M. Patel and Anthony J. Lembo --
Gastrointestinal bleeding / Don C. Rockey --
Jaundice / Steven D. Lidofsky --

Sect. III. Nutrition in gastroenterology. Nutritional assessment and management of the malnourished patient / Joel B. Mason
Nutrition in gastrointestinal diseases / Mark H. DeLegge. Eating disorders / Anne E. Becker and Adair Look --
Obesity / Samuel Klein --
Food allergies / Hugh A. Sampson

Sect. IV. Topics involving mltiple organs. Oral disease and oral-cutaneous manifestations of gastrointestinal and liver disease / Ginat W. Mirowski and Lawrence A. Mark
Diverticula of the pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and small intestine / William Harford and Rohan Jeyarajah --
Abdominal hernias and gastric volvulus / Rohan Jeyarajah and William Harford --
Foreign bodies and bezoars / Patrick R. Pfau and Gregory G. Ginsberg --
Caustic injury to the upper gastrointestinal tract / Michael J. Nunez and Peter M. Loeb --
Abdominal abscesses and gastrointestinal fistulas / Joseph P. Minei and Julie G. Champine --
Eosinophilic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract / Seema Khan and Susan R. Orenstein --
Protein-losing gastroenteropathy / David A. Greenwald --
Gastrointestinal lymphomas / Robert H. Collins, Jr. --
Gastrointestinal Stomal Tumors (GISTs) / George D. Demetri --
Gastrointestinal carcinoid tumors and the carcinoid syndrome / Thomas Anthony and Lawrence Kim --
Endocrine tumors of the pancreas and gastrointestinal tract / Robert T. Jensen and Jeffrey A. Norton. Gastrointestinal consequences of infection with human immunodeficiency virus / C. Mel Wilcox --
Gastrointestinal and hepatic complications of solid organ and hematopoietic cell transplantation / Anne M. Larson and George B. McDonald --
Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations of systemic diseases / Rajeev Jain and Dwain L. Thiele --
Vascular lesions of the gastrointestinal tract / Lawrence J. Brandt --
Surgical peritonitis and other diseases of the peritoneum, mesentery, omentum, and diaphragm / David R. Fischer and Jeffrey B. Matthews --
Gastrointestinal and hepatic disorders in the pregnant patient / John F. Reinus and Caroline A. Riely --
Radiation injury to the gastrointestinal tract / L. Chinsoo Cho and John E. Antoine --
Complications of gastrointestinal endoscopy / Michael B. Kimmey --

Sect. V. Esophagus. Anatomy, histology, embryology, and developmental anomalies of the esophagus / John D. Long and Roy C. Orlando --
Esophageal motor and sensory function and motor disorders of the esophagus / Ray E. Clouse and Nicholas E. Diamant --
Gastroesophageal reflux disease and its complications / Joel E. Richter --
Esophageal disorders caused by medications, trauma, and infection / David A. Katzka. Tumors of the esophagus / Gregory G. Ginsberg and David E. Fleischer --

Sect. VI. Stomach and duodenum. Anatomy, histology, embryology, and developmental anomalies of the stomach and duodenum / Michael A. Russo and Carol A. Redel --
Gastric motor and sensory function and motor disorders of the stomach / Eamonn M.M. Quigley --
Gastric secretion / Mark Feldman --
Helicobacter pylori / David Y. Graham and Joseph J.Y. Sung --
Gastritis and gastropathies / Edward L. Lee and Mark Feldman --
Peptic ulcer disease / Byron Cryer and Stuart Jon Spechler --
Treatment of peptic ulcer disease / Francis K.L. Chan and James Y.W. Lau --
Tumors of the stomach / JeanMarie Houghton and Timothy C. Wang --

Sect. VII. Pancreas. Anatomy, histology, embryology, and developmental anomalies of the pancreas / J. Steven Burdick and Matthew L. Tompson --
Pancreatic secretion / Stephen J. Pandol --
Hereditary, familial, and genetic disorders of the pancreas and pancreatic disorders in childhood / David C. Whitcomb --
Acute pancreatitis / William M. Steinberg. Chronic pancreatitis / Chris E. Forsmark --

Sect. VIII. Biliary tract. Anatomy, histology, embryology, developmental anomalies, and pediatric disorders of the biliary tract / Frederick J. Suchy
Biliary tract motor function and dysfunction / Grace H. Elta --
Bile secretion and the enterohepatic circulation / Paul A. Dawson --
Gallstone disease / Jeffrey D. Browning and Jayaprakash Sreenarasimhaiah --
Treatment of gallstone disease / Robert E. Glasgow and Sean J. Mulvihill --
Acalculous cholecystitis, cholesterolosis, adenomyomatosis, and polyps of the gallbladder / Kimberly M. Persley --
Sclerosing cholangitis and recurrent pyogenic cholangitis / Bruce Y. Tung and Kris V. Kowdley --
Tumors of the gallbladder, bile ducts, and ampulla / Keith D. Lillemoe --
Endoscopic and radiologic treatment of biliary disease / James W. Ostroff and Jeanne M. LaBerge.


V. 2. Sect. IX. Liver. Anatomy, histology, embryology, and developmental anomalies of the liver / Ian R. Wanless
Liver physiology and energy metabolism / Namita Roy-Chowdhury and Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury --
Liver chemistry and function tests / Aijaz Ahmed and Emmet B. Keeffe --
Hemochromatosis / Bruce R. Bacon and Robert S. Britton --
Wilson disease / Diane W. Cox and Eve A. Roberts --
Other inherited metabolic disorders of the liver / Mike A. Leonis and William F. Balistreri --
Hepatitis A / Maria H. Sjogren --
Hepatitis B and D / Robert Perillo and satheesh Nair --
Hepatitis C / Marina Berenguer and Teresa L. Wright --
Hepatitis E / Krzysztof Krawczynski and Rakesh Aggarwal --
Hepatitis caused by other viruses / E. Jenny Heathcote and Jordan J. Feld --
Bacterial, parasitic, and fungal infections of the liver, including liver abscess / Raymond T. chung and Lawrence S. Friedman -
Vascular diseases of the liver / William E. Stevens --
Alcoholic liver disease / Robert L. Carithers and Craig McClain --
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease / Andrea E. Reid --
Liver disease caused by drugs / Narci C. Teoh and Geoffrey C. Farrell --
Liver disease caused by anesthetics, toxins, and herbal preparations / James H. Lewis. Autoimmune hepatitis / Albert J. Czaja
Primary biliary cirrhosis / Paul Angulo and Keith D. Lindor --
Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding / Vijay H. Shah and Patrick S. Kamath --
Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis / Bruce A. Runyon --
Hepatic encephalopathy, hepatopulmonary syndromes, hepatorenal syndrome, and other complications of liver disease / J. Gregory Fitz --
Acute liver failure / Robert J. Fontana --
Hepatic tumors and cysts / Michael C. Kew --
Liver transplantation / Paul Martin and Hugo R. Rosen --

Sect. X. Small and large intestine. Anatomy, histology, embryology, and developmental anomalies of the small and large intestine / Ellen Kahn and Frederic Daum --
Small intestinal motor and sensory function and dysfunction / Jane M. Andrews and L. Ashley Blackshaw --
Colonic motor and sensory function and dysfunction / Ian J. Cook and Simon J. Brookes --
Intestinal water and electrolyte tranport / Laura E. Harrell and Eugene B. Chang --
Digestion and absorption of nutrients and vitamins / James J. Farrell. Maldigestion and malabsorption / Christoph Högenauer and Heinz F. Hammer --
Enteric bacterial flora and bacterial overgrowth / Seamus O'Mahony and Fergus Shanahan --
Short bowel syndrome / Alan L. Buchman --
Celiac sprue and refractory sprue / Richard J. Farrell and Ciarán P. Kelly --
Tropical malabsorption and tropical diarrhea / Michael J.G. Farthing --
Whipple's disease / Matthias Maiwald, Axel von Herbay, and David A. Relman --
Infectious enteritis and proctocolitis and bacterial food poisoning / Ralph A. Giannella --
Antibiotic-associated diarrhea, pseudomembranous enterocolitis, and Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea and colitis / Ciarán P. Kelly and J. Thomas Lamont --
Intestinal protozoa / Christopher D. Huston --
Intestinal worms / David E. Elliott --
Crohn's disease / Bruce E. Sands --
Ulcerative colitis / Chinyu Su and Gary r. Lichtenstein --
Ileostomy, colostomy, and pouches / Robert R. Cima and John H. Pemberton --
Intestinal ischemia / Lawrence J. Brandt --
Ulcers of the small and large intestine / Anil b. Nagar and Deborah D. Proctor. Appendicitis / George A. Sarosi, Jr., and Richard H. Turnage --
Diverticular disease of the colon / Jeffrey M. Fox and Neil H. Stollman --
Irritable bowel syndrome / Nicholas J. Talley --
Intestinal obstruction and ileus / Richard H. Turnage, Maureen Heldman, and Philip Cole --
Acute and chronic pseudo-obstruction / Michael Camilleri --
Small intestinal neoplasms / Anil K. Rustgi --
Colonic polyps and polyposis syndromes / Steven H. Itzkowitz and Jeremy Rochester --
Malignant neoplasms of the large intestine / Robert S. Bresalier --
Other diseases of the colon and rectum / Arnold Wald --
Diseases of the anorectum / Tracy L. Hull --

Sect. XI. Psychosocial factors. A biopsychosocial understanding of gastrointestinal illness and disease / G. Richard Locke III
Palliative medicine in patients with advanced gastrointestinal and hepatic disease / Lisa Marr and David E. Weissman --
Complementary and alternative medicine therapies in gastrointestinal and hepatic disease / David J. Hass and Lawrence J. Brandt.