Adler Upper Endoscopy for GI Fellows

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-49041-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 182 Seiten, eBook

This volume provides a concise overview of the most important and vital aspects of upper endoscopy. The text is specifically geared towards first-year GI fellows and novice endoscopists in order to help them rapidly assimilate the core concepts needed to perform upper endoscopy in the most important and most commonly encountered clinical situations. The book also covers the most important variations of normal anatomy and pathology and how to manage them. Key concepts covered include foreign body removal, diagnosis and management of upper GI bleeding, Barrett's Esophagus, evaluation and management of benign and malignant strictures of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum, submucosal lesions, and evaluation of post operative upper GI anatomy. A plethora of high quality color illustrations and narrated online video clips illustrate major concepts in the book are also included.

Written by experts in the field,
Upper Endoscopy for GI Fellows
is a valuable resource for new physicians just starting to perform upper endoscopy.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adler, Douglas G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

How to Perform a High Yield Esophagogastroduodenoscopy.- Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Variceal Upper GI Bleeding.- Foreign Body Removal.- Diagnosis and Management of Barrett’s Esophagus.- Benign Strictures of the Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum: Evaluation and Management.- Malignant Strictures of the Esophagus, Stomach and Duodenum: Evaluation and Management.- Endoscopic appearance after foregut surgery.- Enteral Feeding Tubes: What every fellow should know.- Complications of upper endoscopy and their management.- Pediatric EGD.- Evaluation and management of mucosal and submucosal lesions in the foregut.- Enteroscopy for GI Fellows.- Quality in Upper Endoscopy.

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas G. Adler, MD, FACG, AGAF, FASGE received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York, NY. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School, in Boston, MA. Dr. Adler completed both a general gastrointestinal fellowship and a therapeutic endoscopy/ERCP fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He then returned to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for a fellowship in endoscopic ultrasound.

Dr. Adler is currently a tenured Professor of Medicine and Director of Therapeutic Endoscopy at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Adler is also the GI Fellowship Program Director at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine. Working primarily at the University Of Utah School Of Medicine’s Huntsman Cancer Institute, Dr. Adler focuses his clinical, educational, and research efforts on the diagnosis and management of patients with gastrointestinal cancers and complex gastrointestinal disease, with an emphasis on therapeutic endoscopy. He is the author of more than 250 scientific publications, articles, and book chapters. This is Dr. Adler’s sixth textbook on gastroenterology.