Pocket Handbook of GI Pharmacotherapeutics / / edited by George Y. Wu

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910254533203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Humana, , 2016
• ISBN: 3-319-33317-8
• Edizione: [2nd ed. 2016.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Collana: Clinical Gastroenterology, , 2197-7399
• Disciplina: 610
• Soggetti: Gastroenterology ; Pharmacology; Gastroenterology; Pharmacology/Toxicology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Gastroesophageal Disorders -- Gastrointestinal Bleeding -- Specific GI Motility Disorders -- General GI Motility Disorders -- Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- General GI infections -- Specific GI Microbial Infections -- Hepatitis -- Portal Hypertension -- Cholestasis -- Hepatic Encephalopathy -- Overload Disorders -- Pruritus -- Acute and Chronic Pancreatic Disease -- Nutrient and Enzyme Deficiencies. .
• Sommario/riassunto: This new edition is a comprehensive, yet concise text that provides current treatment protocols and practical pharmacological information for GI Disease. Each chapter addresses a specific GI disease or condition and provides a list of all agents available for that condition, including all brand and generic names, indications, contraindications, lactation and pregnancy information, doses, routes of administration, duration, and relative cost. The text is also supplemented with tables, algorithms, and key references. Written by experts in the field, Pocket Handbook of GI Pharmacotherapeutics, Second Edition is a valuable and portable resource of use to anyone involved in the treatment of patients with GI disease. .