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Title

Inflammatory bowel disease : a clinical approach / Henry D. Janowitz.

Author

Janowitz, Henry D.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

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Description

x, 325 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

• A revised and expanded edition of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Personal View (1985), this concise yet comprehensive work presents an interpretation of up-to-date research on diagnosis, testing, medications, and surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The book is a distillation of the author's experience with this group of serious disorders during nearly a half-century as a clinical investigator and clinician at Mount Sinai Hospital. In this authoritative volume, Dr.
• Janowitz crystallizes his conceptual and therapeutic approaches to the study of these crippling and enigmatic disorders and offers his advice on their daily management. He also discusses special considerations such as problems in diagnosis, pregnancy, cancer, extraintestinal manifestations of IBD, nutrition, and the role of psychotherapy.
• This thorough and practical guide written by a renowned expert well-known for his patient-oriented approach will be invaluable to gastroenterologists, GI surgeons, internists, gastrointestinal fellows, and medical students.

Subjects

• Colitis, Ulcerative > therapy
• Colitis, Ulcerative > diagnosis
• Crohn Disease > diagnosis
• Crohn Disease > therapy
• Inflammatory bowel diseases

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Introduction: Why Now? -- 2. Disease or Diseases? The Problems of Identity -- 3. The Nature of the Beasts: A Speculative Chapter with Some Dogmatic Comments -- 4. Theories of Etiology and Their Therapeutic Implications -- 5. Modes of Clinical Presentation -- 6. Notes on the Physical Examination -- 7. The Essential Investigations -- 8. The Limits of Accuracy -- 9. Making the Difficult Diagnosis -- 10. Differential Diagnosis and Errors in Diagnosis -- 11. The Obscure Differential Diagnosis -- 12. Assessing the Patient's Clinical Status and the Degree of Impairment -- 13. Prognosis: Predicting Outcomes and Reading the Future -- 14. The Natural History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Lessons of the Placebo -- 15. Medical Management Programs: General Drug Considerations -- 16. Supportive Supplemental Therapy: Nutritional Considerations -- 17. The Role of Psychotherapy -- 18. How Effective Are Our Current Drugs: Does Meta-analysis Help? -- 19. The Decision for Surgery -- 20. The Choice of Operations.
• 21. The Results of Surgical Therapies -- 22. Postoperative Problems: Early and Late -- 23. The Quality of Life and Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- 24. The Problem of Fistulas -- 25. Pregnancy and Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- 26. The Cancer Problem -- 27. Associated Diseases -- 28. Extraintestinal Manifestations -- An Album of Small Bowel Radiographs.

ISBN

0195078306 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

93030353

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries