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<p>Preface vii</p> <p>Contributors viii</p> <p><b>Part One Gastroenterology</b></p> <p>1 Dysphagia 3<br /> <i>Nirmala Gonsalves, Ikuo Hirano, and John N. Plevris</i></p> <p>2 The Problem of Heartburn, and Atypical Chest Pain 17<br /> <i>Ronnie Fass and Tiberiu Hershcovici</i></p> <p>3 The Clinical Approach to Dyspepsia 39<br /> <i>Mary Farid and Brennan Spiegel</i></p> <p>4 Acute, Recurrent, and Chronic Abdominal Pain 44<br /> <i>Brian E. Lacy and Chad C. Spangler</i></p> <p>5 Hematemesis, Melena, and Occult Bleeding/Anemia 64<br /> <i>Grigorios I. Leontiadis and Virender K. Sharma</i></p> <p>6 Acute Diarrhea and Vomiting 72<br /> <i>John P. Flaherty and Michael P. Angarone</i></p> <p>7 Chronic Diarrhea and Malabsorption 84<br /> <i>Paul Beck, Remo Panaccione, and Subrata Ghosh</i></p> <p>8 Rectal Bleeding 96<br /> <i>Matthew Shale, Lotte Dinesen, and Subrata Ghosh</i></p> <p>9 Multisystem Disorders and Gastrointestinal Disease 106<br /> <i>Lynne A. Meekison and John N. Plevris</i></p> <p><b>Part Two Hepatology and Pancreatobiliary</b></p> <p>10 Clinical Approach to Pancreatobiliary Disease 117<br /> <i>Erica J. Revie, Lisa J. Massie, Anne-Marie Lennon, and O. James Garden</i></p> <p>11 The Problem of Right Upper Quadrant Pain 132<br /> <i>Malcolm B. Barnes and Simon Glance</i></p> <p>12 Abnormal Liver Function Tests: Diagnostic Approach 144<br /> <i>Timothy T. Gordon-Walker and John P. Iredale</i></p> <p>13 The Acute Liver Failure Patient 162<br /> <i>Neil C. Henderson and Kenneth J. Simpson</i></p> <p>14 The Chronic Liver Disease Patient 174<br /> <i>Joanna K. Dowman and Phil N. Newsome</i></p> <p>15 Portal Hypertension: A Management Problem 189<br /> <i>Norma C. McAvoy and Peter C. Hayes</i></p> <p>16 Infections in the Liver 202<br /> <i>Veerendra Sandur and George Therapondos</i></p> <p>17 The Liver Transplant Recipient 212<br /> <i>Prakash Ramachandran and Andrew J. Bathgate</i></p> <p>18 Incidental Radiological Findings in the Asymptomatic Patient 226<br /> <i>Tiffany J. Campbell and Dilip Patel</i></p> <p>Index 241</p>

<b>J.N. Plevris</b> MD, PhD, FRCP(E)<br /> Consultant Gastroenterologist & Senior Lecturer, Centre for Liver & Digestive Disorders, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Hepatology Laboratory, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, UK<br /> <p><b>Subrata Ghosh</b> MD (Edin) FRCP, FRCP (E)<br /> Gastrointestinal section, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK<br /> </p> <p><b>Colin W. Howden</b> MD, PhD<br /> Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA</p>

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