Main description:

This guide provides the answers to patient questions that are frequently posed to practitioners who care for pregnant and non-pregnant women with GI and liver disorders. The first part of the text outlines gender-based differences in GI disorders, including GERD, liver disease, pancreatic disease, IBD, and IBS. The second part of the text reviews common GI and liver diseases that occur during pregnancy, while guiding clinicians through various diagnostic and therapeutic/management approaches. GI and liver diseases that are covered in this section include nausea and vomiting, viral hepatitis, and pregnancy-specific liver disorders such as preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, and intrahepatic cholestasis. The text concludes with a chapter on the safety of GI procedures for the pregnant patient.

Written by experts in the field, Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders in Women's Health: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for the busy clinician who needs the best evidence-based answers to patient questions at their fingertips.

Contents:

I Gender-Based Differences in Gastrointestinal Disorders
1 Differential Diagnoses between Primary Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Secondary to a Primary Gastrointestinal DisorderJennifer Heinemann, Courtney Barry
2 Functional Swallowing DisordersLivia A. Guadagnoli, John E. Pandolfino, Rena Yadlapati
3 Gastroesophageal Reflux DiseaseRena Yadlapati, Abraham Khan
4 Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Does Gender Matter? How Does It Affect the Health of Women?Vishnu Charan Suresh Kumar, Thangam Venkatesan
5 Idiopathic GastroparesisDariush Shahsavari, Henry P. Parkman
6 Autoimmune HepatitisMargarita N. German, Adnan Said
7 Diseases of the Liver: Primary Biliary CholangitisPaulina K. Phillips, Adnan Said
8 Diseases of the Liver: Liver Masses (Hemangioma, Focal Nodular Hyperplasia, Hepatic Adenoma)Parul D. Agarwal, Adnan Said
9 Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms in Women: Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms, Serous Cystadenomas, and Solid Pseudopapillary NeoplasmsHarkirat Singh, Asif Khalid
10 Obesity and Bariatric SurgerySemeret Munie, Tammy Kindel
11 Celiac DiseaseMarium Khan, Dan Stein
12 Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Fertility, Menses, and ContraceptionReezwana Chowdhury, Sunanda V. Kane
13 Irritable Bowel Syndrome Shanti Eswaran, Laura O'Donohue
14 Chronic ConstipationArnold Wald
15 Colorectal Cancer Screening and WomenKatherine Hu, Carrie Y. Peterson
II Gastrointestinal/Liver Diseases During Pregnancy
16 Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum Sumona Saha
17 Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis B, D and E Viruses Aiman Ghufran
18 Pregnancy-Specific Liver Disorders: Preeclampsia and HELLP SyndromeAshina Singh 19 Pregnancy-Specific Liver Disorders: Acute Fatty LiverArchita Desai, Deeksha Seth
20 Intrahepatic Cholestasis of PregnancySheila Eswaran, Dharani Guttikonda, Nancy Reau
21 Inflammatory Bowel Disease and PregnancyNedhi Patel, Andres Yarur
22 Gallstone and Biliary DiseaseGillian L. Fell, David Brooks
23 Safety of Procedures During PregnancyBahar Adeli, Erkanda Ikonomi, Asyia Ahmad