Cohen Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Diagnosis and Therapeutics
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-59259-311-8
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Clinical Gastroenterology

One of the most vivid memories from my medical school training was seeing my first surgical operation on a patient with Crohn’s disease. The senior surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, the same institution at which Burrill Crohn, Leon Ginzburg, and Gordon Oppenheimer had first described the disease “terminal ileitis,” had - doubtedly done countless operations on patients with inflammatory bowel disease in the past. Yet as we both gazed down into the patient’s open abdomen, at the “creeping fat” that seemed to be wrapping its sticky fingers around the young man’s intestines, he stated, “this is the m- tery of Crohn’s disease—no two patients are ever the same. ” What is it about the inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis, that we find so intriguing? Is it the young age of the patients, many who are younger than even the medical students - tending to them? Or is it the elusive etiology, the theory of a “mystery organism” that has yet to be identified? Perhaps it is the familial pattern of disease, where many patients have relatives with similar diseases, yet in some instances only one of a pair of identical twins is affected. Regardless of the cause, these chronic diseases with a typically early age of onset, result in a long-term commitment of the patient, their fa- lies, friends, health care providers, researchers, employers, and even health care insurers and other health-related industries.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cohen, Russell D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease): Early History, Current Concepts, and 21st Century Directions.- 2 Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 3 Etiology and Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 4 Genetics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 5 Presentation and Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 6 Radiological Findings in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Markers.- 8 Medical Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 9 Surgical Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 10 Ostomy Care.- 11 Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children and Adolescents.- 12 Nutritional/Metabolic Issues in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 13 Extraintestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 14 Cancer in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 15 Gender-Specific Issues in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 16 Economics of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 17 Pathologic Features of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.