Handbook of Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Disorders

<p><b><i>Handbook of Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Disorders </i></b>is a user-friendly handbook that reviews the latest and most up-to-date information on the evaluation of symptoms and diagnostic tests of GI motility and functional GI disorders and a practical approach on how to treat these disorders. Each chapter is written by an international expert in the field who was carefully chosen for his or her renowned scientific and clinical expertise. The book brings together the essence of science and art in the practice of neurogastroenterology and GI motility. <br><br> The chapters are enriched with algorithms tables and figures to enhance learning and readability. Each chapter follows a specific outline; chapters on symptoms follow the format of definition pathophysiology and evaluation of the symptoms whereas the chapters on specific disorders follow the format of definition diagnosis and treatment. This allows for quick reading of the various chapters and to gain up-to-date knowledge of the topic. <br><br> Each chapter also includes extensive color pictures and illustrations of each test involved and descriptions of how to perform and interpret the motility tests that are incorporated into patient care decisions.<br><br><b><i>Handbook of Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Disorders </i></b>by Drs. Satish S. C. Rao Henry P. Parkman and Richard W. McCallum will be useful for practicing physicians junior academicians GI fellows young faculty motility laboratory personnel surgeons internists physician assistants family practitioners and nurse practitioners who all encounter the common problems of dysphagia heartburn nausea vomiting abdominal pain irritable bowel syndrome constipation and fecal incontinence in their daily practice. <br><br> The update on management and therapy completes the <b><i>Handbook of Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Disorders </i></b>and explains how to integrate this diagnostic information into decision making and how to translate this to day-to-day patient care.</p>