Practical pediatric gastroenterology

Author(s)

• Walker-Smith, John A.
• Hamilton, J. R. (John Richard)
• Walker, W. Allan

Bibliographic Information

Practical pediatric gastroenterology

editors, J. A. Walker-Smith, J. Richard Hamilton, W. Allan Walker

B.C. Decker, 1996

2nd ed

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This second edition is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to the field of pediatric gastroenterology. The intended audience includes the trainee and practitioner in pediatrics, as well as the gastroenterologist. The work is divided into two parts: The first covers gastroenterological signs and symptoms in childhood, from acute abdominal pain to constipation, to vomiting, to abdominal mass. The second part addresses specific diseases, acute and chronic, acquired and inherited, medical and surgical.

Table of Contents

PART I: GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS IN CHILDHOOD Dysphagia, Gastroesophageal Reflux, and Eating Disorders Acute Abdominal Pain Chronic and Recurrent Abdominal Pain Abdominal Mass and Abdominal Distention Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Acute Vomiting and Diarrhea Chronic Diarrhea Failure to Thrive and Digestive Tract Disease Constipation Clinical Features of Liver Disease Liver Failure PART II: SPECIFIC DISEASE ENTITIES Disorders of the Esophagus Disorders of the Stomach Intestinal Infections Food-Related Disorders Anatomic Lesions of the Gut Selective Defects of Small Intestinal Absorption Inflammatory and Related Diseases Immunologic Disorders Other Gastrointestinal Disorders Disorders of the Exocrine Pancreas Disorders of the Liver Primary and Secondary

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Details

• NCID: BA28056242
• ISBN:
  • 1550090259
• Country Code: cn
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Hamilton, Ontario
• Pages/Volumes: 313 p.
• Subject Headings:
  • MESH : Gastrointestinal Diseases -- in infancy & childhood