Decision-Making in Gastroenterology: A Systematic Guide for Clinicians

Authored by Emad Qayed MD MPH and Nikrad Shahnavaz MD, this comprehensive resource is designed to assist gastroenterologists, trainees, ER physicians, internists, family medicine physicians, and other specialists in making informed decisions about patient care.

A Practical Tool for Clinical Decision-Making

This valuable resource is filled with diagnostic and treatment algorithms, providing easy-to-follow guidance when encountering patients with unfamiliar or complex clinical presentations or uncertain treatment paths. Each point-of-care algorithm represents a common GI or liver disorder or disease, offering a concise visual representation that clearly guides clinicians through the steps of efficient and effective decision making.

Covering a Wide Range of Gastrointestinal Conditions

The book contains 80 algorithms covering commonly encountered symptoms and signs, specific gastrointestinal conditions, esophageal disorders, liver conditions, pancreatic diseases, and colorectal conditions. These algorithms outline the key decision points in patient management, providing a wealth of systematic information that ensures clinicians take into account the proper physical signs and test results that will guide their recommendations.

Easy to Use and Accessible

Presents an algorithm on one page and instructional text for key nodes within the algorithm on the facing page, making it easy to navigate and understand. The book is divided into two sections: Section 1 provides a first-line approach to patients with common signs and symptoms, while Section 2 includes algorithms for the most commonly treated GI disorders.

Step-by-Step Decision-Making Guidance

This resource offers step-by-step decision-making guidance for the diagnosis and management of various gastrointestinal conditions, including:

• Esophageal motility disorders
• Achalasia
• Foreign body ingestion
• Hepatic encephalopathy
• Celiac disease
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Hepatocellular carcinoma
• Colonic ischemia
• Acute pancreatitis
• Primary biliary cholangitis
• Biologic therapy in inflammatory bowel disease
• Immune checkpoint inhibitor colitis

An accompanying eBook version is included with purchase, allowing clinicians to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.

Published by Elsevier, this 1st edition was released on February 20, 2024, and is available in paperback with 320 pages. The ISBN-10 is 0323932460, and the ISBN-13 is 978-0323932462.