Main description:

This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of common disorders affecting the pancreas and the bile duct. The book reviews the anatomy and laboratory test relevant to the pathophysiology of the disease, categorizes the symptoms under clinical scenarios like "incidental finding" or "painless jaundice", defines accuracy (or lack of) of the investigations used, and formulates a management plan as per evidence-based recommendations. The spectrum of diseases covered include commonly occurring benign conditions like pancreatitis, gall stone disease, bile duct strictures, and malignant diseases of the pancreas, gall bladder and the bile ducts. Also included are topics on motility disorders of the pancreaticobiliary system and pre-malignant conditions.
Written by experts in the field, Pancreas and Biliary Diseases: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable reference resource for clinicians who need the latest evidence-based approach to manage these complex patients and answer questions the patient or the referring doctors may have regarding pancreas and biliary diseases.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Elevated Amylase and Lipase: Physiology Including Non-Pancreatitis Related ElevationsBrian Rajca, Nalini Guda
Part 1. Clinical Scenario: Abdominal Pain With or Without Elevated Amylase and Lipase
Chapter 2. Acute PancreatitisRaghuwansh P. Sah, Santhi Swaroop Vege
Chapter 3. Chronic PancreatitisRupjyoti Talukdar, D. Nageshwar Reddy
Chapter 4. Recurrent Acute PancreatitisVenkata N. Muddana, Nalini M. Guda
Chapter 5. Steroid-Responsive Chronic Pancreatitides: Autoimmune Pancreatitis and Idiopathic Duct Centric Chronic PancreatitisNicolo' de Pretis, Yan Bi, Saurabh Mukewar, Suresh Chari <
Part 2. Clinical Scenario: Painless Jaundice/Unintentional Weight Loss
Chapter 6. Pancreas Adenocarcinoma and Ampullary CancerChad Barnes, Kathleen K. Christians, Douglas B. Evans, Susan Tsai
Part 3. Clinical Scenario: Incidental Finding on CT/Dizziness/Secretary Diarrhea/Skin Rash
Chapter 7. Neuroendocrine Tumors of the PancreasGeorge Younan, Susan Tsai, Douglas B. Evans, Kathleen K. Christians
Part 4. Clinical Scenario: Incidental Finding on CT
Chapter 8. Cystic Lesions of the PancreasOmer Basar, William R. Brugge
Chapter 9. Bile Duct: Brief Anatomy, Investigations UsedAbdul H. Khan
Part 5. Clinical Scenario: Pain/ Fever /Jaundice
Chapter 10. Gallstone DiseaseTravis P. Webb
Chapter 11. Choledocholithiasis including Acute CholangitisSrinivas Gaddam, Simon K. Lo
Chapter 12. Benign Biliary StricturesSheeva Parbhu, Douglas G. Adler
Chapter 13. CholangiocarcinomaAbdulrahman Y. Hammad, Nicholas G. Berger, T. Clark Gamblin
Chapter 14. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Primary Sclerosing CholangitisJose Franco
Part 6. Clinical Scenario: Painless Jaundice
Chapter 15. Gallbladder CancerAbdulrahman Y. Hammad, Natesh Shivakumar, T. Clark Gamblin
Part 7. Clinical Scenario: "Biliary" Pain With or Without Intermittent Elevation of LFTs/Lipase
Chapter 16. Motility DisordersWalter J. Hogan, Jennifer A. Cahill