Oxford Handbook of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

This fully revised and updated third edition of the Oxford Handbook of Gastroenterology and Hepatology provides up-to-date, pragmatic advice on the management of common conditions and emergencies. An essential resource for all those involved in the care of patients with gastroenterological and hepatological disease, both for specialists and trainees in gastroenterology and hepatology, and also clinicians from other specialties. The handbook includes a problems-based approach, a unique A to Z compendium of conditions, and sections on therapeutic drugs, and emergencies. Thoroughly revised and updated, it now includes such updates as new approaches for the management of eating disorders, and post-liver transplant patients, the latest advances in endoscopy, new therapies, refined advice on how to select between therapeutic options, as well as additional emergency topics on abdominal trauma, bowel obstructions, and major haemorrhage. Review: It is an excellent and highly readable book ... The book is excellent value for money and should encourage a wide number of users to access this great book. Another success for this superb series of Oxford Medical Handbooks. * Dr Harry Brown, Glycosmedia * Review from previous edition This is a very useful addition to the Oxford Handbook series, and advances in the field and section improvements justify this second edition...4 stars! * Doody's Notes * Overall, for any member of the multidisciplinary team working in this area who need a concise, easy to use reference book this ticks all the boxes. * ANTS Bulletin * Review from previous edition This small but very pleasant book covers in a very individual and intelligent manner almost all daily gastrointestinal problems encountered in the clinic and on the wards...The authors are to be congratulated for having produced this must-have handbook which will be appreciated equally by junior doctors in training and by those immersed in busy hospital medical departments. * Digestive and Liver Disease * Contents: 1: Approaches to common clinical problems 2: Clinical practice and diagnostics 3: Endoscopy 4: An A to Z of gastroenterology and hepatology 5: Drugs used in gastroenterology and hepatology 6: Emergencies