Main description:

Mayo Clinic Illustrated Textbook of Neurogastroenterology is the first illustrated approach to the study of an important subdiscipline of gastroenterology. Using relatively limited text content and preferentially applying the physiologic, clinical, and therapeutic principles through illustrations and case studies of disorders of gastrointestinal motility and function, Dr. Michael Camilleri relied on more than 3 decades of clinical experience at Mayo Clinic
to craft a text that is unique among textbooks dealing with gastrointestinal motility disorders.

Forty percent of patients evaluated in clinical gastroenterologic practice have gastrointestinal motility and functional disorders. Thus, this illustrated textbook is a valuable resource for gastroenterologists in training and practice, internal medicine physicians, and neurologists with an interest in autonomic nervous system disorders that frequently manifest with gastrointestinal symptoms. The textbook addresses chronic nausea or vomiting and neurologic diseases; the diagnosis and management
of diverse disorders, including gastroparesis, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, and diarrhea; less common congenital and genetic disorders; and the role of pharmacogenomics in these diseases. The breadth of this textbook and its many illustrations combine to make it a unique and required
study guide.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Genetics and Molecular Aspects of Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders
Chapter 2. Measurement of Gastrointestinal and Colonic Motility in Clinical Practice
Chapter 3. Gastrointestinal Motility: Control Mechanisms and Pathogenesis of Disordered Function
Chapter 4. Gastroparesis, Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, and Functional Dyspepsia
Chapter 5. Case Discussions: Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 6. Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Appetite, Obesity, and Gut Hormones
Chapter 7. Neuromuscular Disorders Causing Gut Dysmotility
Chapter 8. Case Discussions: Neurological Disorders Presenting With Gastrointestinal Dysmotility
Chapter 9. Chronic Diarrhea
Chapter 10. Chronic Constipation
Chapter 11. Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Peripheral Mechanisms, Biomarkers, and Management
Chapter 12. Visceral Sensation
Chapter 13. Implications of Pharmacogenomics for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 14. Gastrointestinal Physiologic and Motility Problems in Older Persons: Constipation, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, and Diverticulosis