"This book discusses all aspects of, and pathologies affecting, gastrointestinal motility disorders encountered by medical practitioners taking care of these patients. ... This is a well-written book on motility disorders of the GI tract. Every practitioner taking care of these patients should have a book like this one." (Henrique Jose Fernandez, Doody's Book Reviews, January, 2018)
1 Achalasia and Esophageal Outlet Obstruction
Daphne Ang, Mark Fox
2 Esophageal Chest Pain – Esophageal Spasm
Dustin A. Carlson, John E. Pandolfino
3 Chest Pain of Esophageal Origin and Reflux Hypersensitivity
Wojciech Blonski, Joel E Richter
4 Nonspecific Esophageal Motility Disorders
C. Prakash Gyawali
5 Scleroderma Esophagus
David A. Katzka
6 Globus Sensation
Ram Dickman, Doron Boltin
7 UES Restrictive Disorders
Ling Mei, Patrick Sanvanson
8 Erosive Esophagitis
Frank Zerbib
9 Regurgitation
Kenneth R. DeVault
10 Nonerosive Reflux Disease (NERD)
Ronnie Fass, Jason Abdallah
11 Functional Heartburn
Pooja Lal and Michael F. Vaezi
12 "I am tired of taking pills for my reflux, what else can I do?"
Surgical and Endoscopic Treatment for GERD
Jon C. Gould
13 Barrett’s Esophagus: Am I going to get cancer? What should I do to avoid it?
Lavanya Viswanathan, Prateek Sharma
14 Supraesophageal Reflux Disease (SERD)
Timna Naftali
15 Chronic Cough and Throat Clearing
J. Mark Madison, Richard S. Irwin
16 Dysphonia and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux
Gregory Postma and Mark A. Fritz
17 Aspiration Pneumonia / Bronchitis
Masooma Aqeel, Elizabeth R. Jacobs
18 Esophageal Manometry
Edy Soffer, Anisa Shaker
19 Radiologic Evaluation of Swallowing: The Esophagram
Olle Ekberg, Peter Pokieser, Martina Scharitzer
20 Painful Swallowing
Patrick Sanvanson
21 Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Calies Menard-Katcher, Dan Atkins, Glenn T. Furuta
33 Small Intestinal Tests: Small Bowel Follow Through, CT Enterography and MR Enterography
Charles Marn, Naveen Kulkarni
34 The Wireless Motility Capsule
Dan Carter, Eytan Bardan
35 Chronic Constipation
Walter Hogan
36 Functional Anorectal Pain/Tenesmus
Arnold Wald
37 Fecal Incontinence
Subhankar Chakraborty and Adil E. Bharucha
38 Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Yehudith Assouline-Dayan
39 Top 10 Drugs Most Commonly Used for GI Motility Disorders
Mark Reichelderfer, Luis D Lomeli, Eric A. Gaumnitz
Eytan Bardan, MD
Tel Aviv University, Institute of Gastroenterology, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Reza Shaker, MD
Joseph E. Geenen Professor and Chief, Director, Digestive Disease Center, Senior Associate Dean and Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
This guide focuses on the answers to patient questions that are frequently posed to providers who care for patients with GI motility disorders. Additionally, the text guides clinicians through the complicated diagnostic and therapeutic/management approaches to motility disorders, including common and specialized tests, drug initiation, medications side effects, and disease complications.
Written by experts in the field, Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable reference for busy clinicians who need the best evidence-based answers to patient questions at their fingertips.