Main description:

This guide focuses on the answers to patient questions that are frequently posed to providers who care for patients with GI motility disorders. Additionally, the text guides clinicians through the complicated diagnostic and therapeutic/management approaches to motility disorders, including common and specialized tests, drug initiation, medications side effects, and disease complications.
Written by experts in the field, Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable reference for busy clinicians who need the best evidence-based answers to patient questions at their fingertips.

Contents:

1 Achalasia and Esophageal Outlet Obstruction Daphne Ang, Mark Fox 2 Esophageal Chest Pain - Esophageal Spasm Dustin A. Carlson, John E. Pandolfino
3 Chest Pain of Esophageal Origin and Reflux Hypersensitivity Wojciech Blonski, Joel E Richter
4 Nonspecific Esophageal Motility Disorders C. Prakash Gyawali
5 Scleroderma Esophagus David A. Katzka
6 Globus Sensation Ram Dickman, Doron Boltin
7 UES Restrictive Disorders Ling Mei , Patrick Sanvanson
8 Erosive Esophagitis Frank Zerbib
9 Regurgitation Kenneth R. DeVault
10 Nonerosive Reflux Disease (NERD) Ronnie Fass, Jason Abdallah
11 Functional Heartburn Pooja Lal and Michael F. Vaezi
12 "I am tired of taking pills for my reflux, what else can I do?" Surgical and Endoscopic Treatment for GERD Jon C. Gould
13 Barrett's Esophagus: Am I going to get cancer? What should I do to avoid it? Lavanya Viswanathan, Prateek Sharma
14 Supraesophageal Reflux Disease (SERD) Timna Naftali
15 Chronic Cough and Throat Clearing J. Mark Madison, Richard S. Irwin
16 Dysphonia and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Gregory Postma and Mark A. Fritz
17 Aspiration Pneumonia / Bronchitis Masooma Aqeel, Elizabeth R. Jacobs
18 Esophageal Manometry Edy Soffer, Anisa Shaker
19 Radiologic Evaluation of Swallowing: The EsophagramOlle Ekberg, Peter Pokieser, Martina Scharitzer
20 Painful Swallowing Patrick Sanvanson
21 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Calies Menard-Katcher, Dan Atkins, Glenn T. Furuta
22 Chronic Belching and Chronic Hiccups William L. Berger
23 Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Geoffrey Dang-Vu, Thangam Venkatesan
24 Gastroparesis, Postprandial Distress Henry P. Parkman
25 Gastric Pacing Pratik S. Naik, Richard W. McCallum
26 Rapid Gastric Emptying/Pyloric Dysfunction Alexander Pontikos, Thomas L. Abell
27 H pylori and Other Gastritides Nimish Vakil
28 Gastric Emptying Studies Henry P. Parkman
29 Gastric Functional Tests: Upper Gastrointestinal Barium Studies Marc S. Levine
30 Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth Mark Pimentel, Ali Rezaie
31 Short Bowel Syndrome Harold J. Boutte, Jr., Deborah C. Rubin
32 Hydrogen Breath Tests Tamar Thurm, Yishai Ron
33 Small Intestinal Tests: Small Bowel Follow Through, CT Enterography and MR Enterography Charles Marn, Naveen Kulkarni
34 The Wireless Motility Capsule Dan Carter, Eytan Bardan
35 Chronic Constipation Walter Hogan
36 Functional Anorectal Pain/Tenesmus Arnold Wald
37 Fecal Incontinence Subhankar Chakraborty and Adil E. Bharucha
38 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Yehudith Assouline-Dayan
39 Top 10 Drugs Most Commonly Used for GI Motility Disorders Mark Reichelderfer, Luis D Lomeli, Eric A. Gaumnitz