Product Description
Pocket Guide to IBD, Second Edition is designed to provide quick clinical information for gastroenterologists, primary care physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners who need to review symptoms, medications, and disease management, in order to decide effective diagnoses and treatments for their patients with IBD.
Some of the topics covered are:
- Special populations, including pregnancy and children
- Vaccinations in the patient with IBD
- Treatment of the infliximab refractory patient
- Diagnosis and treatment of perianal disease
- Care of the post operative patient
Dr. Marla Dubinsky and Dr. Sonia Friedman have created this go-to reference for one of the most popular topics among practicing gastroenterologists and other GI and primary care providers.
Features:
- Comprehensive chapters in quick reference format
- Symptom-based guide for diagnosis and treatment
- Tables highlighting the full array of IBD medications
- Charts and figures detailing complete treatment algorithms
The Pocket Guide to IBD, Second Edition is unique in its size, accessibility of information, thoroughness, and clarity of content. This clinical guide will be the quick reference to turn to when treating patients with IBD.
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Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
Contributing Authors
Preface
Introduction
Foreword by Bruce Sands, MD, MS
Part I: Basic Overviews
Chapter 1: Introduction to Ulcerative Colitis
Russell D. Cohen, MD, FACG, AGAF
Chapter 2: Introduction to Crohn's Disease
Maria T. Abreu, MD
Part II: Patient Symptoms
Chapter 3: Abdominal Pain
Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF
Chapter 4: Extraintestinal Manifestations
Ellen J. Scherl, MD
Chapter 5: Fatigue
Sonia Friedman, MD, FACG
Chapter 6: Fever
Sonia Friedman, MD, FACG
Chapter 7: Diarrhea
Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD
Chapter 8: Nausea
Debra J. Helper, MD
Chapter 9: Rectal Bleeding
Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF
Chapter 10 : Anorectal Pain
Sarah N. Horst, MD & David A. Schwartz, MD
Part III Medications and Other Therapies
Chapter 11: Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy and Management
Kim L. Isaacs, MD, PhD
Chapter 12: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Joshua Korzenik, MD
Part IV Special Populations
Chapter 13: The Postoperative Patient
Judy F. Collins, MD
Chapter 14: The Patient With a Pouch
Bo Shen, MD
Chapter 15: The Patient With an Ostomy
Nimisha K. Parekh, MD
Chapter 16: The Pediatric Patient
Marla Dubinsky, MD
Chapter 17: The Pregnant Patient
Uma Mahadevan, MD
Chapter 18: The Elderly Patient
Matthew J. Hamilton, MD
Part V: Special Considerations
Chapter 19: Colorectal Cancer
David T. Rubin, MD, FACG, AGAF
Chapter 20: Nutritional Issues
Erin Feldman, RD, CSP
Chapter 21: Osteoporosis
Edward V. Loftus Jr, MD
Chapter 22: The Nonadherent Patient
Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF
Chapter 23: Vaccinations
Sonia Friedman, MD, FACG
Appendix A Medications Used in IBD
Sunanda V. Kane, MD, MSPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF
Appendix B Small Bowel Imaging in Crohn's Disease
David G. Binion, MD & Sandra M. El-Hachem, MD
Financial Disclosures
Index
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About the Editors
Marla Dubinsky, MD received a medical degree from Queen’s University in Canada and completed her clinical pediatric gastroenterology training at Sainte-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal in Quebec, Canada. Currently, Dr. Dubinsky is Director of the Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. In addition, Dr. Dubinsky is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine.
Board certified in pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology, Dr. Dubinsky holds positions of prominence with several advisory bodies, including Chair of the Western Regional Pediatric IBD Research Alliance. She is a member of several professional societies, including the American Gastroenterology Association, the American College of Gastroenterology, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Among her many awards, Dr. Dubinsky was a Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America Medical Honoree in 2004 and recently received the Lenny and Corinne Sands Clinical Investigator Award.
Dr. Dubinsky’s main research interests are health out¬comes and the epidemiology and genetic influences of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children. Her objective is to study the influence of genetics and immune responses on the variability in clinical presentations of early-onset IBD. Additional interests include the study of pharmacogenetics to evaluate how heredity influences drug responses and optimizing and individualizing the management of IBD. Dr. Dubinsky’s work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Gastroenterology, The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and the American Journal of Gastroenterology. In addition, she has authored book chapters for Trends in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis and Therapeutics. Dr. Dubinsky has lectured widely both nationally and internationally.
Sonia Friedman, MD, FACG completed her undergraduate degree in biology at Stanford University in California and her medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine. She completed her medical internship and residency at University of Pennsylvania and her gastroenterology fellowship at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. She specialized in IBD during her fellowship and now has a large IBD practice in the gastroenterology division of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She has been at Brigham and Women’s for the past 11 years and is Director of IBD Clinical Research.
Dr. Friedman’s research interests include colon cancer in Crohn’s disease, patient adherence to surveillance colonoscopy, and IBD and pregnancy.
She is a section editor for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and a reviewer for Gastroenterology, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and The American Journal of Gastroenterology. Dr. Friedman has published mainly on colonoscopic surveillance in Crohn’s colitis and IBD in pregnancy and also enjoys lecturing on these subjects.
Dr. Friedman is chair of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, New England Chapter Medical Advisory Committee. She has been elected as “Best up and Coming Gastroenterologist in Boston” in 2004 and also listed as “Best of Boston” in Boston Magazine in 2007. Both honors are based on peer review.
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