1st Edition

Quick Reference Dictionary for GI and Hepatology

By Jonathan Fenkel Copyright 2014
312 Pages
by CRC Press

312 Pages
by CRC Press

Quick Reference Dictionary for GI and Hepatology is a unique, pocket-sized reference designed specifically to provide a magnitude of terms and their definitions, guidelines, and references essential to the gastroenterology profession. Led by Dr. Jonathan Fenkel and his contributors, this compact, concise, and informative reference contains over 1000 commonly used GI and hepatology terms and... Read more

Dedication

Acknowledgments

About the Editor

Contributing Authors Introduction Dictionary of Terms List of Appendices

Section I Liver

Appendix 1: Causes Of Acute Liver Failure

Appendix 2: Cutaneous Manifestations Of Liver Disease

Appendix 3: Selection Criteria For Liver Transplantation In Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Appendix 4: Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Protocol

Appendix 5: Scoring Systems For Alcoholic Hepatitis

Appendix 6: Scoring System For Autoimmune Hepatitis

Appendix 7: Targets Of Transplant Immunosuppression

Appendix 8: Elevated Liver Function Tests in Pregnancy

Appendix 9: Triggers For Hepatic Encephalopathy

Appendix 10: Approach To Elevated Liver Enzyme Tests

Appendix 11: Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serological Markers

Section II GI/Luminal

Appendix 12: Grading Of Erosive Esophagitis

Appendix 13: Approach to Dsyphagia

Appendix 14: Thiopurine Methyltransferase Pathway

Appendix 15: Peptic Ulcer Disease Therapy And Rebleeding Rates

Appendix 16: Crohn's Disease Versus Ulcerative Colitis in Tabular Format

Appendix 17: Differential Diagnosis Of Terminal Ileitis

Appendix 18: Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the GI Tract

Appendix 19: Screening And Surveillance For Colorectal Cancer

Appendix 20: Classification Of GI Bleeding

Appendix 21: Classification Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Appendix 22: Gluten-Free Foods And Sample Daily Diet For Patients With Celiac Disease

Section III Pancreaticobiliary

Appendix 23: Scoring Of Acute Pancreatitis

Appendix 24: Differential Diagnosis Of A Pancreatic Mass

Appendix 25: Types of Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

Appendix 26: Types Of Gallstones Financial Disclosures

Biography

Jonathan M. Fenkel, MD is an assistant professor of medicine at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he is also Director of the Jefferson Hepatitis C Center and Associate Medical Director of Liver Transplantation. He is board certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Fenkel graduated cum laude and as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar from the University of Pennsylvania and magna cum laude from Jefferson Medical College, both in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and completed fellowships in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Fenkel has been recognized by his peers and trainees as an outstanding educator, including a faculty teaching award in his first year of practice. He has authored more than 40 scientific works, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, abstracts, and poster presentations. He is a member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Hepatology. He has served as an invited peer reviewer for many prestigious journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, Hepatology, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, and the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology.