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Irritable bowel syndrome, diagnosis and clinical management, edited by Anton Emmanuel, Eamonn M.M. Quigley

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Irritable bowel syndrome

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841910810

edited by Anton Emmanuel, Eamonn M.M. Quigley

diagnosis and clinical management

This comprehensive yet concise guide to the diagnosis and management of IBS is divided into four main parts: Overview, Diagnosis, Symptom-specific Treatment, and What's Next in IBS. Each chapter includes a summary of key points, and most chapters include cases and multiple choice questions for rapid review. Clinicians who manage patients with IBS will want to keep this dependable reference close at hand

Overview of irritable bowel syndrome -- Definitions and classifications of irritable bowel syndrome -- Epidemiology of irritable bowel syndrome -- Global impact of irritable bowel syndrome -- Diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome -- What is the best way to identify and quantify irritable bowel syndrome? -- Practical approach to clinical assessment of irritable bowel syndrome -- Interface between primary care and secondary care -- Symptom-specific treatment of irritable bowel syndrome -- Self-management strategies for irritable bowel syndrome -- Food-related symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome -- Gut inflammation in irritable bowel syndrome -- Psychological factors and treatments in irritable bowel syndrome -- Gut motility related symptoms -- Gut hypersensitivity related symptoms -- Abdominal bloating -- Sequencing the treatments: the book in one chapter! -- What's next in irritable bowel syndrome -- Diagnostic and therapeutic horizons for irritable bowel syndrome