Summary:
Recent Advances in Gastroenterology 11 is the latest volume in the successful and well-established Recent Advances series. Each issue contains entirely new material, written by experts in their field from across the world, and covers a broad selection of general gastroenterology and hepatology topics to satisfy the book’s equally broad readership.

Featuring the latest trends and developments, Recent Advances in Gastroenterology is essential reading for trainees and is a useful update for specialists practising in this rapidly developing field.

• Contributions written by experts from across the world

• Contains a broad range of general gastroenterology and hepatology topics

• Includes useful 'Key points for clinical practice' and references for further reading at the end of each chapter

• Follows the successful format of the Recent Advances series

• Essential reading for trainee gastroenterologists

Table of Contents:
Preface
1. Eosinophilic oesophagitis: an emerging entity - Christine H. Spray, Ronald Bremner, Bhupinder K. Sandhu, Pramila Ramani
2. Barrett’s oesophagus – how should I treat it? - Hugh Barr, Geeta Shetty, Nicholas Stone, Catherine Kendall
3. Gastrointestinal physiology - Anne E. Mills, Katherine Mabey
4. Variceal bleeding - Lachlan Ayres, Peter Collins
5. Obesity surgery - Simon J.W. Monkhouse, Justin D.T. Morgan, Sally A. Norton
6. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – management of a burgeoning epidemic - Richard Parker, C. Anne McCune
7. Imaging the liver - Mark P. Callaway
8 Hepatitis E – the new epidemiology - Fiona Gordon
9 Chronic pancreatitis – how should we diagnose it? - John E. Smithson, Wolf W.W. Woltersdorf
10. Targets for treatment in irritable bowel syndrome - Robin Spiller
11. Recent advances in inflammatory bowel disease - Chris Probert, Tom J. Creed
12. Disordered defaecation in the elderly - Rachel Bradley
Index

About the Author(s):

Chris Probert MD FRCP FHEA
Professor of Gastroenterology, Clinical Science at South Bristol, University of Bristol and University Hospitals of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Contributors:
Lachlan Ayres MBChB MRCP(UK) Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, The Great Western Hospital, Swindon, UK Hugh Barr MD(Dist) ChM FRCS FRCSE FHEA Professor and Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery and Biophotonics Research Unit, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK Rachel Bradley MB ChB MRCP MSc Consultant Physician and Geriatrician at University Hospitals Bristol, Bristol; and St Martins Continence Promotion Unit, Bath and Bristol General Hospital, Bristol, UK Ronald Bremner MB ChB BSc(Med Sci) DM MRCPCH Specialist Registrar, Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK Mark P. Callaway MRCP FRCR Consultant Gastrointestinal Radiologist

Readership:
Gastroenterologists in training, general medical trainees, consultants and general practitioners developing specialty clinics

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