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Practical Management of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding
by R. J. C. Steele, S. C. S. Chung, and J. W. C. Leung, 148 pp, $115, ISBN 0-7506-0767-X, Boston, Mass, Butterworth Publishers—Heinemann Medical Books Ltd, 1993.
John E. Sutherland, MD, Reviewer
Northeast Iowa Medical Education Foundation Waterloo University of Iowa Department of Family Practice Iowa City
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(9):1004.
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This book is a concise treatise that covers the origins, diagnosis, and management of the various conditions that cause gastrointestinal tract bleeding. It discusses individual diseases rather superficially, with the exception of their appearance on endoscopy. Diagnostic tools, principles of acute emergency management, and therapeutic maneuvers are covered in depth. The authors are from Hong Kong and the United States, but medical systems, language, and trade names of drugs primarily represent the British system. The book is primarily targeted to gastroenterologists and surgeons, but the introductory portions of each chapter have excellent sections of a general nature that are appropriate for primary care physicians. The book has nine chapters that address general considerations and the various facets of management specific to the sites of pathologic conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. The initial chapter covers general parameters, including care of the patient in shock, indications for nasogastric tube insertion with or
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