Gastrointestinal Bleeding, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics
- 1st Edition, Volume 34-2 - February 26, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Patrick Pfau
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 4 7 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 3 0 4 8 - 9
In this issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Patrick Pfau brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Gastrointestinal Bleeding.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Patrick Pfau brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Gastrointestinal Bleeding. Top experts in the field cover a broad range of topics on the diagnosis and treatment of both upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding with a concentration on endoscopic intervention. This issue discusses the preparation of the patient with a GI bleed even before endoscopy is performed, and provides extensive coverage of the latest data and technology for variceal and non-variceal upper GI tract bleeding, small bowel/occult, and lower GI and colonic bleeding.
- Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including endoscopic diagnosis, grading, and treatment of bleeding peptic ulcer disease; variceal and non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding refractory to endoscopic management: indications and role of interventional radiology; diagnosis of occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; endoscopic treatment of small bowel bleeding; endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of colonic diverticular bleeding; and more.
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on gastrointestinal bleeding, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Gastroenterologists/Endoscopists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Foreword
- Preface
- Assessment, Resuscitation and Medical Management of Variceal and Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definition and causes
- History and physical examination
- Laboratory evaluation
- Risk assessment
- Initial management
- Timing of endoscopy
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Management of Anticoagulant and Antiplatelet Agents in Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Prevention of Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Key points
- Introduction
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Diagnosis, Grading, and Treatment of Bleeding Peptic Ulcer Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Timing of endoscopy
- Intravenous proton pump inhibitor therapy before endoscopy
- Prokinetics before endoscopy
- Endoscopic classification of peptic ulcer bleeding
- Endoscopic hemostatic therapy in patients with active bleeding (oozing and spurting) or non-bleeding visible vessels (Forrest 1a, 1b, and 2a lesions)
- Endoscopic therapy for ulcers with adherent clots (Forrest 2b lesions)
- Endoscopic modalities for treatment of peptic ulcer bleeding
- Doppler-guided therapy for gastrointestinal bleeding
- Endoscopic suturing
- Post-endoscopic management
- Rebleeding
- Artificial intelligence and peptic ulcer bleeding
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- The Role of Endoscopy for Primary and Secondary Prophylaxis of Variceal Bleeding
- Key points
- Introduction
- Primary prophylaxis
- Secondary prophylaxis
- Gastric varices
- Discussion
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Treatment of Acute Esophageal and Gastric Variceal Bleeding
- Key points
- Introduction
- Initial management
- Management of esophageal varices bleeding
- Management of gastric variceal bleeding
- Combined management of esophageal variceal and gastro variceal bleeding
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Role of Endoscopy in the Diagnosis, Grading, and Treatment of Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy and Gastric Antral Vascular Ectasia
- Key points
- Introduction
- Clinical presentation
- Endoscopic evaluation
- Radiographic features
- Histopathological evaluation
- Management
- Endoscopic management
- Orthotopic liver transplantation
- Summary
- Clinic care points
- Acknowledgments
- Conflict of interest statement
- Disclosure
- Variceal and Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Refractory to Endoscopic Management: Indications and Role of Interventional Radiology
- Key points
- Preprocedure imaging
- Prognostic factors for a positive arteriogram
- Techniques of transcatheter arterial intervention
- Success rates and complications after embolization
- Empirical embolization in angiographically negative studies
- Prophylactic embolization after endoscopic treatment
- Hemobilia and hemosuccus pancreaticus
- Esophageal bleed
- Variceal bleeding background
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt indications and patient selection
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt technical considerations
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt outcomes
- Gastric varices
- Ectopic varices
- Sinistral portal hypertension
- Arterial clinics care points
- Venous clinics care points
- Surgical Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Key points
- Introduction
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Surgical management of portal hypertension and acute variceal bleeding
- Other sources of upper gastrointestinal bleed
- Unidentified gastrointestinal bleeding in the unstable patient
- Long-term complications after major foregut surgery
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Diagnosis of Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Key points
- Definitions
- Initial evaluation with clinical history and physical examination
- Potential sources of bleeding
- Diagnostic approach
- Supportive care
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Treatment of Small Bowel Bleeding
- Key points
- Introduction
- Etiology
- Evaluation
- Endoscopic treatment
- When endoscopic treatment fails or is not feasible
- Future considerations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Colonic Diverticular Bleeding
- Key points
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Updates on the Prevention and Management of Post-Polypectomy Bleeding in the Colon
- Key points
- Introduction
- Risk factors
- Polyp-related factors
- Patient-related factors
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 34-2
- Published: February 26, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443130472
- eBook ISBN: 9780443130489
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Patrick Pfau
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health