Gastrointestinal and Liver Secrets

 

For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Gastrointestinal and Liver Secrets, 6th Edition (formerly known as GI/Liver Secrets), offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in this dynamic field. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

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Fully revised and updated throughout, making it an excellent resource for understanding the physiology and therapy of hepatic and digestive disease.

New chapters on Microbiome and Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Top 100 Secrets provide a fast overview of the secrets you must know for success in practice and on exams.

More than 250 full-color illustrations, endoscopic images, micrographs, and algorithms, plus videos and clinical vignettes online.

Bulleted lists, mnemonics, practical tips from global leaders in the field – all providing a concise overview of important board-relevant content.

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Table of Contents:

 

Top 100 Secrets

Abstract

Diagnostic Testing

Confirmatory Testing

Section 1: Esophagus

Chapter

1. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease

Abstract

Prognosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

2. Esophageal Causes of Chest Pain

Abstract

Acknowledgments

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Chapter

3. Achalasia

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

4. Swallowing Disorders and Dysphagia

NON-PRINT ITEMAbstract

Acknowledgments

30 What is the difference between conventional manometry and high-resolution esophageal manometry?

Clinical Vignette

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5. Esophageal Cancer

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

6. Esophageal Anomalies, Infections, and Nonacid Injuries

Abstract

INFECTIONS

PILL AND NONACID INJURY

Acknowledgment

Clinical Vignette

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7. Barrett Esophagus

Abstract

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Chapter

8. Esophageal and Stomach Pathology

NON-PRINT ITEMAbstract

ESOPHAGUS

STOMACH

GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS

INFLAMMATORY FIBROID POLYPS

Acknowledgment

23 What is the differential diagnosis of esophageal polypoid lesions?

25 What are the types of chronic atrophic gastritis, and how do these differ histologically?

27 What are the histologic features of gastric polyps and polypoid lesions?

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Section 2: Stomach

Chapter

9. Gastritis, Peptic Ulcer Disease, Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs, and Helicobacter PyloriInfection

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10. Gastric Cancer

Abstract

EPIDEMIOLOGY

ETIOLOGY/PATHOGENESIS

HISTOLOGIC CLASSIFICATION

STAGING/PROGNOSIS

TREATMENT

SCREENING

LYMPHOMA OF THE STOMACH

NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS

GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS

GASTRIC INTESTINAL METAPLASIA

Acknowledgment

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

11. THICKENED GASTRIC FOLDS

Abstract

GASTRIC POLYPS

SUBEPITHELIAL TUMORS

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

12. Gastroparesis

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Section 3: Liver &Biliary Tract Disorders

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13. Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Tests

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

14. Microbiome in Health and Disease

Abstract

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Chapter

15. Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C

Abstract

Clinical vignette

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16. Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis B

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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17. Autoimmune Hepatitis—Diagnosis

Abstract

Acknowledgment

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Chapter

18. Autoimmune Hepatitis—Treatment

Abstract

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Chapter

19. Primary Biliary Cholangitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

20. Vaccinations and Immunoprophylaxis in Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders

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Chapter

21. Pregnancy and Liver Disease

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Normal Anatomic and Physiologic Changes During Pregnancy

Diseases During Pregnancy

Coincident Occurrence

Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy

Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzymes, and Low Platelets

Care of Patients With Preexisting Liver Disease

Management of Underlying Liver Disease

Management of Portal Hypertension

Management in the Setting of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Prevention of Vertical Transmission

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

22. Rheumatologic Manifestations of Hepatobiliary Diseases

Abstract

Viral Hepatitis

Autoimmune and Other Liver Diseases

Clinical Vignette

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23. Evaluation of Focal Liver Masses

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24. Drug-Induced Liver Disease

Abstract

Acknowledgment

Clinical Vignette

Initial Laboratory Tests

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25. Alcoholic Liver Disease, Alcoholism, and Alcohol Withdrawal

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

26. Vascular Liver Disease

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BACKGROUND

BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME

PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS

SINUSOIDAL OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME

HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA

PELIOSIS HEPATIS

HEPATIC ARTERY ANEURYSMS

ISCHEMIC HEPATITIS

CONGESTIVE HEPATOPATHY

MISCELLANEOUS

Acknowledgment

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Chapter

27. Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD): Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (NAFLD/MASLD) and Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatohepatitis (MASH)

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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28. Overview of Liver Transplantation

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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29. Ascites

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

30. Liver Abscess

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Clinical Vignette

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31. Inheritable Forms of Liver Disease

Abstract

Hemochromatosis

α1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Wilson Disease

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

32. Liver Histopathology

Abstract

Liver Biopsy

Histologic and Basic Pathologic Findings

Steatosis and Steatohepatitis

Chronic Hepatitis

Bile Duct Disease

Granulomatous Inflammation

Drug-Related Liver Injury

Inherited Liver Disease

Vascular Disease

Transplantation

Neoplasms

Clinical Vignette

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33. Hepatobiliary Cystic Disease

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

34. Gallbladder Disease: Causes, Complications, and Therapies

Abstract

20 Discuss complications from the migration of gallstones

21 What is the differential diagnosis for gallbladder polyps?

22 Describe options for biliary access in patients with surgically altered anatomy

Clinical Vignette

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35. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography Plus Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction

Abstract

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Section 4: Pancreatic Disorders

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36. Acute Pancreatitis

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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37. Chronic Pancreatitis

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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38. Pancreatic Cancer

Abstract

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32 What are the surgical procedures for resectable cancer in the pancreatic head?

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39. Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas

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Clinical Vignette

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Section 5: Small and Large Bowel Disorders

Chapter

40. Celiac Disease

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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41. Crohn’s Disease

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Diagnosis

Natural History

Treatment

Pregnancy

Surgery

Clinical Vignette

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42. Ulcerative Colitis

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Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

43. Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases and Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Abstract

acknowledgment

Clinical Vignette

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44. Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Section 6: Colon Disorders

Chapter

45. Colon Disorders and Colon Cancer

Abstract

41 What is hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)?

42 What is familial CRC type X?

43 How are CRC risk levels defined and what are the associated lifetime CRC risks?

44 What is the benefit of adenoma detection rate (ADR) on CRC risk?

45 What is the impact of computer-aided detection (CAD) on colorectal neoplasia?

Clinical Vignette

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46. Constipation and Fecal Incontinence

Abstract

Acknowledgments

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Chapter

47. Diverticulitis

Abstract

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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48. Surgical Considerations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Benign Anorectal Pathologies

Abstract

Surgical Considerations in Ulcerative Colitis

Surgical Considerations in Crohn Disease

Surgical Considerations in Benign Anorectal Pathologies

Clinical Vignettes

Bibliography

Chapter

49. Colitis: Clostridioides difficile Infection, Microscopic Colitis, and Radiation Proctitis/Proctopathy

Abstract

Clostridioides difficile Colitis

Microscopic Colitis

Radiation Proctitis/Proctopathy

38 What are the histologic features of CC and LC?

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Section 7: General Symptoms and Conditions

Chapter

50. Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage

Abstract

Acknowledgment

Clinical Vignette

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51. Lower Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

52. Occult and Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

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Chapter

53. Evaluation of Acute Abdominal Pain

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Websites

Chapter

54. Acute Diarrhea

Abstract

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Long-Term Consequences and Sequelae of Diarrheal Illness

Clinical Vignette

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Websites

Chapter

55. Chronic Diarrhea

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

Bibliography

Websites

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56. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and the Gastrointestinal Tract

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Chapter

57. Ischemic Bowel Disease

Abstract

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Chapter

58. Nutrition, Malnutrition, and Probiotics

Abstract

Clinical Vignette

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Websites

Chapter

59. Small Bowel and Colon Pathology

Abstract

Small Intestine

Large Intestine

Polyps and Neoplasms

Polyposis Syndromes

Diseases of the Appendix

Diseases of the Anal Canal

29 Histologically, what findings suggest peptic duodenitis?

30 Discuss the neuroendocrine tumors

Small Intestinal Lymphomas

31 What is the differential diagnosis of pseudomembranes?

32 What are the histologic features of microscopic colitis?

Miscellaneous Conditions

33 What is the differential diagnosis of stromal tumors in the colon?

Vascular Lesions

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60. Foreign Bodies and the Gastrointestinal Tract

Abstract

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61. Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders and Irritable Bowel

Abstract

Causes of and Diagnosis of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Nonpharmacologic Irritable Bowel Syndrome Approaches

Pharmacologic Approaches to Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Diarrhea

Constipation

40 How are the different IBS subtypes distinguished?

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Chapter

62. Endoscopic Cancer Screening and Surveillance

Abstract

Esophagus

Stomach and Small Bowel

Pancreas

Colon

Acknowledgment

55 How can the extent of BE be expressed?

56 How should biopsies be performed in patients with BE?

57 What testing is indicated in patients with more than 10 adenomatous colon polyps over their lifetime?

Clinical Vignette

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Websites

Section 8: Multisystem Manifestations of GI Disease

Chapter

63. Rheumatologic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Diseases

Abstract

IBD-ASSOCIATED SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

REACTIVE ARTHRITIS

WHIPPLE DISEASE

OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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Chapter

64. Dermatologic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease

Abstract

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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Chapter

65. Diseases of the Appendix

Abstract

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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Section 9: Gastrointestinal Radiology

Chapter

66. Plain Film, Barium, and Virtual Colonography

Abstract

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY

CONTRAST MEDIA

SWALLOWING STUDIES

COLON AND RECTUM

CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY

VIRTUAL COLONOSCOPY

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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Chapter

67. Interventional Radiology I: Cross-Sectional Imaging Procedures

Abstract

IMAGE-GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSIES AND FLUID ASPIRATION AND DRAINAGE

IMAGE-GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS PAIN INTERVENTIONS

HEPATIC INTERVENTIONS

SPLENIC INTERVENTIONS

PANCREATIC INTERVENTIONS

ADRENAL INTERVENTIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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Websites

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68. Interventional Radiology II: Fluoroscopic and Angiographic Procedures

Abstract

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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69. Noninvasive Gastrointestinal Imaging: Ultrasound, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract

GENERAL

LIVER IMAGING

DOPPLER LIVER IMAGING

BILIARY TRACT IMAGING

PANCREATIC IMAGING

PERITONEAL IMAGING

BOWEL IMAGING

NEWER TECHNIQUES

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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70. Nuclear Imaging

Abstract

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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71. Endoscopic Ultrasound

NON-PRINT ITEMAbstract

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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Section 10: Surgery and the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter

72. Esophageal Surgery

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ACHALASIA

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX AND PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIAS

PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIAS

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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73. Surgery for Peptic Ulcer Disease

Abstract

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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74. Surgical Approach to the Acute Abdomen

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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75. Colorectal Surgery: Polyposis Syndromes, Colorectal Malignancies, and Benign Diseases

Abstract

Polyposis Syndromes

Colorectal Malignancies: Colon Cancer

Rectal Cancer

Benign Colon and Small Bowel Disease

CLINICAL VIGNETTE 1

CLINICAL VIGNETTE 2

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76. Gastrointestinal Secrets: Bariatric Surgery

Abstract

CLINICAL VIGNETTE

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77. Minimally Invasive Surgery

Abstract

CLINICAL VIGNETTES

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Index

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