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This new edition is a comprehensive, yet concise text that provides current treatment protocols and practical pharmacological information for GI Disease. Each chapter addresses a specific GI disease or condition and provides a list of all agents available for that condition, including all brand and generic names, indications, contraindications, lactation and pregnancy information, doses, routes of administration, duration, and relative cost. The text is also supplemented with tables, algorithms, and key references.

Written by experts in the field, Pocket Handbook of GI Pharmacotherapeutics, Second Edition is a valuable and portable resource of use to anyone involved in the treatment of patients with GI disease.

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Part I Gastrointestinal Diseases

Chapter 1 Gastroesophageal Disorders

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

Chapter 2 Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

Chapter 3 Specific GI Motility Disorders

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

Chapter 4 General GI Motility Disorders

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

Chapter 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

Chapter 6 General GI infections

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

Chapter 7 Specific GI Microbial Infections

Houman Rezaizedeh, Erik Olson

Part II Liver Diseases

Chapter 8 Hepatitis

Roopjeet K. Bath, George Y. Wu

Chapter 9 Portal Hypertension

Roopjeet K. Bath

Chapter 10 Cholestasis

Roopjeet K. Bath

Chapter 11 Hepatic Encephalopathy

Roopjeet K. Bath<

Chapter 12 Overload Disorders

Roopjeet K. Bath

Chapter 13 Pruritus

Marianna Mavilia, George Y. Wu

Part III. Pancreatic and Malabsorptive Diseases

Chapter 14 Acute and Chronic Pancreatic Disease

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

Chapter 15 Nutrient and Enzyme Deficiencies

Houman Rezaizadeh, Erik Olson

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"This quick reference guide to the treatment of various GI diseases covers medications that every gastroenterologist should be familiar with. ... The book is written for all medical professionals, ranging from medical students to physicians, and it is appropriate for this audience. ... The book provides good, quick, and easy-to-read information on the medications to treat a variety of GI diseases, and it does a good job of explaining them." (Noah Settergren, Doody´s Book Reviews, March, 2016)

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George Y. Wu, MD, PhDUniversity of Connecticut Health CenterDepartment of MedicineDivision of Gastroenterology-HepatologyFarmington, CTUSA

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