Contributors Preface SECTION I CARDINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE 1 Abdominal Pain William S!len. 2 Oral Manifestations of Disease Samuel C. Durso 3 Atlas of Oral Manifestations of Disease Samuel C. Durso, Janet A. Yellowitz, Jane C. Atkinsot 4 Dysphagia Raj K. Goyal 5 Nausea,Vomiting, and Indigestion William L. Hasler 6 Diarrhea and Constipation Michael Camilleri, Joseph A. Murray 7 Weight L.oss Carol M. Reife 8 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Loren Laine 9 Jaundice Daniel S. Pratt, Marshall M. Kaplan 10 Abdominal Swelling and Ascites Robert M. Glickman, Roshini Rajapaksa SECTION II EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH ALl M ENTARY TRACT SYM PTOMS 11 Approach to the Patient with Gastrointestinal Disease William L. Hasler, Chung OwTang 12 Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Louis Michel WongKeeSong, Mark Topazian SECTION III DISORDERS OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT 13 Diseases of the Esophagus Raj K. Goyal 14 Peptic Ulcer Disease and Related Disorders John Del Valle 15 Disorders of Absorption Henry J. Binder 16 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Sonia Friedman, Richard S. Blumberg 17 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Chung Owyang 18 Diverticular Disease and Common Anorectal Disorders Susan L. Gearhart 19 Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiency Susan L. Gearhart 20 Acute Intestinal Obstruction Susan L. Gearhart, William Silen 21 Acute Appendicitis and Peritonitis Susan L. Gearhart, William Silen SECTION IV INFECTIONS OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT 22 Acute Infectious Diarrheal Diseases and Bacterial Food Poisoning Joan R. Butterton, Stephen B. Caldenvood 23 Clostridium DifficileAssociated Disease, Including Pseudomembranous Colitis.. Dale N. Gerdin2, Stuart Johnson 24 Intraabdominal Infections and Abscesses Miriam]. Baron, Dennis L. Kasper 25 Helicobacter Pylori Infections John C. Atherton, Martin J. Blaser 26 Salmonellosis David A. Pegues, Samuel I. Miller 27 Shigellosis Philippe Sansonetti,Jean Bergounioux 28 Infections Due to Campflobacter and Related Species Martin Blaser 29 Cholera and OtherVibrioses Matthew K. Waldor, Gerald T Keusch B0 Viral Gastroenteritis Umesh D. Parashar, Roger I. Glass 31 Amebiasis and Infection with FreeLiving Amebas Sharon L. Reed 32 Protozoal Intestinal Infections and Trichomoniasis Peter E Weller 33 Intestinal Nematodes Peter E Weller, Thomas B. Nutman SECTION V EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT WITH LIVER DISEASE 34 Approach to the Patient with Liver Disease Marc GhanT, day H. Hoofnagle 35 Evaluation of Liver Function Daniel S. Pratt, Marshall M. Kaplan SECTION VI DISORDERS OF THE LIVER AND BILIARY TREE 36 The Hyperbilirubinemias Allan 1/I4. Wolkoff 37 AcuteViral Hepatitis Jules L. Dienstag 38 Toxic and DrugInduced Hepatitis Jules L. Dienstag 39 Chronic Hepatitis Jules L. Dienstag 40 Alcoholic Liver Disease Mark E. Mailliard, Michael E Sorrell 41 Cirrhosis and Its Complications Bruce R. Bacon 42 Genetic, Metabolic, and Infiltrative Diseases Affecting the Liver Bruce R. Bacon 43 Diseases of the Gallbladder and Bile Ducts Norton Greenberger, Gustav Paumgartner SECTION VII LIVER TRANSPLANTATION 44 Liver Transplantation Jules L. Dienstag, Raymond T Chung SECTION VIII DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS 45 Approach to the Patient with Pancreatic Disease Phillip R Toskes, Nonon Greenberger 46 Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis Norton Greenberger, Phillip P Toskes SECTION IX NEOPLASTIC DISEASES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM 47 Gastrointestinal Tract Cancer Robert J. Mayer 48 Tumors of the Liver and Biliary Tree Brian I. Carr 49 Pancreatic Cancer Yu Jo Chua, David Cunningham 50 Endocrine Tumors of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Pancreas Robert T. Jensen SECTION X NUTRITION 51 Nutritional Requirements and Dietary Assessment Johanna Duper 52 Vitamin and Trace Mineral Deficiency and Excess Robert M. Russell, Paolo M. Suter 53 Malnutrition and Nutritional Assessment Douglas C. Heimburger 54 Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Therapy Bruce R. Bistrian, David E Driscoll SECTION XI OBESITY AND EATING DISORDERS 55 Biology of Obesity Jeffrey S. Flier, Eleftheria MaratosFlier 56 Evaluation and Management of Obesity Robert E Kushner 57 Eating Disorders B. Timothy Walsh 58 The Metabolic Syndrome Robert H. Eckel Appendix LaboratoryValues of Clinical Importance Alexander Kratz, Michael A. Pesce, Daniel.]. Fink Review and SelfAssessment Charles Wiener, Gerald Bloomfield, Cynthia D. Bwwn, Joshua Schiffer, Adam Spivak Index