This note covers the following topics:
Abdominal Adhesions, Acid Reflux in Adults, Anatomic Problems of the Lower GI
Tract, Appendicitis, Barrett's Esophagus, Celiac Disease, Colon Polyps,
Constipation, Crohn's Disease, Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome,Diarrhea, Diverticulosis
and Diverticulitis, Dumping Syndrome, Foodborne Illnesses, Gallstones, Gas,
Gastritis, Gastroparesis, GI Bleeding, Hemorrhoids, Indigestion, Inguinal
Hernia, Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Lactose
Intolerance, Liver Disease, Menetrier’s Disease, Microscopic Colitis, Ostomy
Surgery of the Bowel, Pancreatitis, Peptic Ulcers, Proctitis, Short Bowel
Syndrome, Smoking and the Digestive System, Ulcerative Colitis, Viral
Gastroenteritis, Whipple Disease, Your Digestive System and How It Works,
Zollinger-Ellison.
The stomach is not just a digestive organ.
In fact, it carries many important duties far beyond digestion. After reading
this book, you will learn to appreciate this precious organ and take good care
of it.
This book is prepared mainly for
health officer, public health nurse, environmental health, and medical
laboratory technology students, to equip them with the basic knowledge and skill
on how to diagnose, manage and prevent intestinal parasites. Topics covered
includes: Intestinal Nematodes, Intestinal Protozoa Infection, Intestinal
Trematodes (Flukes), Intestinal Parasitosis For Health Officer Students,
Intestinal Protozoa Infections, Intestinal Nematodes, Intestinal Trematodes,
Intestinal Parasitosis.
Endoscopy has had a major impact in
the development of modern gastroenterology and other medical specialties. Topics
covered includes: Pediatric Sedation Related to Endoscopy, Cardiorespiratory
Complications During Moderate and Deep Sedation for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic
Procedures, Diagnostic Endoscopy, Capsule Endoscopy, Endoscopic Management of
Oesophageal and Gastric Varices, Diagnosis and Management of Barrett’s Esophagus
with and Without Dysplasia, The Current Role of Endoscopic Stenting in Upper
Gastrointestinal Surgery, Therapeutic and Diagnostic Approaches in Colonoscopy,
Peculiarities of Paediatric Digestive Endoscopy, Liver Transplantation and
Endoscopic Management of Bile Duct Complications.
The book on Membrane-bound
Atp-dependent Energy Systems and the Gastrointestinal Mucosal Damage and
Protection deals with various aspects of peptic ulcer disease, like clinical
pharmacology, nutrition, molecular biochemical pharmacology as well as clinical
aspects, and especially with the evaluation of certain biochemical mechanisms in
human gastric mucosa and in animal gastric tissues obtained from different ulcer
models. Topics covered includes: General Medical Backgrounds, Clinical
Pharmacology of Drugs Used in the Treatment of Patients with Peptic Ulcer,
Theoretical Backgrounds of the Necessarity for the Changes of Paradigm in Our
Ulcer Research, Membrane-Bound Atp-Dependent Energy System, Biochemical
Examination of the Human Gastrointestinal Tract, Direct Action of Helicobacter
pylori on the Freshly Isolated Rat Gastric Mucosa Cells.
This note explains the following topics: Screening
and Diagnostics, Treatments and Side Effects, Cancer Prevention, Research and
Trials, Ostomy, Advocacy and Anal Cancer.
Author(s): Colorectal
Cancer Association of Canada