Main description:

This volume provides a concise, yet comprehensive, state-of-the art overview of GI endoscopic emergencies. Although the emphasis is on endoscopic management, peri-procedural considerations, adjunctive medical therapy, and clinical approaches to commonly encountered GI emergencies are discussed in detail. This sets the stage for the in-depth review of current as well as innovative devices and techniques for endotherapy in GI emergencies. Technical aspects of endoscopic procedures are emphasized and supplemented by online video clips to enhance the educational experience.

Written by experts in the field, GI Endoscopic Emergencies serves as a valuable resource for practitioners who deal with GI emergencies.

Contents:

1. Triage Sedation and Monitoring
Paresh P. Mehta, John J. Vargo

2. Peri-procedural Management of Antithrombotic Agents
Michael Y. Chan, Thomas J. Savides

3. Suspected Non-variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Yen-I Chen, Yidan Lu, Hisham Aldahab, Alan Barkun

4. Approach to Suspected Acute Variceal Bleeding
Kapil K. Sharma, Shiv K. Sarin

5. Suspected Small Intestinal Hemorrhage
Lauren B. Gerson

6. Suspected Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Wajeeh Salah, Ashley L. Faulx

7. Approach to Foreign Body Ingestion, Food Impaction and Caustic Injury
Emmanuel C. Gorospe, Louis M. Wong Kee Song, Prasad G. Iyer

8. Non-endoscopic Management of Acute Mechanical Colonic Obstruction and Pseudo-obstruction
Alison E. Oakes, John C. Fang

9. Approach to Acute Cholangitis
Bryan L. Balmadrid, Shayan Irani

10. Approach to Endoscopic Adverse Events
Disaya Chavalitdhamrong, Robert J. Summerlee, Peter V. Draganov

11. Endoscopic Hemostasis of Acute Non-Variceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Amir Klein, Ian M. Gralnek

12. Hemostasis of Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding
Raymond S.Y. Tang, Joseph J.Y. Sung

13. Hemostasis of Acute Gastric Variceal Bleeding
Chris Hamerski, Kenneth F. Binmoeller, Janak N. Shah

14. Hemostasis of Acute Small Intestinal Bleeding
Klaus Moenkemuller, C. Mel Wilcox, Shajan Peter

15. Hemostasis of Acute Lower GI Bleeding
Linda S. Lee, John R. Saltzman

16. Endoscopic Management of Food Impaction and Foreign Bodies
Ian Grimes, Patrick R. Pfau

17. Endoscopic Management of Acute Colonic Obstruction and Pseudo-obstruction
Thomas C. Queen, Douglas G. Adler

18. Endoscopic Management of Pancreaticobiliary Emergencies
James H. Tabibian, Todd H. Baron

19. Endoscopic Management of Procedure-related Bleeding and Perforation
Alessandro Repici, Angelo Zullo, Andrea Anderloni, Cesare Hassan