Gastrointestinal Bleeding, An Issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics

In this issue of <i>Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America</i>, guest editor Dr. Patrick Pfau brings his considerable expertise to the topic of <b>Gastrointestinal Bleeding</b>. Top experts in the field cover a broad range of topics on the diagnosis and treatment of both upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding with a concentration on endoscopic intervention. This issue discusses the preparation of the patient with a GI bleed even before endoscopy is performed, and provides extensive coverage of the latest data and technology for variceal and non-variceal upper GI tract bleeding, small bowel/occult, and lower GI and colonic bleeding.<ul><li>Contains <b>12 relevant, practice-oriented topics</b> including endoscopic diagnosis, grading, and treatment of bleeding peptic ulcer disease; variceal and non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding refractory to endoscopic management: indications and role of interventional radiology; diagnosis of occult and obscure gastrointestinal bleeding; endoscopic treatment of small bowel bleeding; endoscopic diagnosis and treatment of colonic diverticular bleeding; and more.</li><li>Provides in-depth <b>clinical reviews on gastrointestinal bleeding</b>, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.</li><li>Presents the <b>latest information on this timely, focused topic</b> under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.</li></ul>