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• Title:Practical gastrointestinal endoscopy : the fundamentals / Peter B. Cotton, Christopher B. Williams.
  
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• Author/Creator:Cotton, Peter B.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Williams, Christopher B. (Christopher Beverley)
  
• Published/Created:Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., ©2003.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WI141 .C852 2003
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:Text & cd-rom
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Gastroscopy.
  
• Medical Subjects: Gastrointestinal Diseases--diagnosis.
  Endoscopy.
  
• Edition:5th ed.
  
• Description:x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 2 CD-ROMs (4 3/4 in.)
  
• Summary:This book reflects developments in the field of endoscopy over the last 20 years. It draws on the vast experience of the authors and heralds current changes in both endoscopy and publishing. The emerging 'back to basics' attitude of endoscopy opinion formers with regard to the teaching of endoscopy has resulted in a more focused table of contents specifically targeted at newcomers to this specialty.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  System requirements: Pentium III or equivalent computer; 128MB of RAM; monitor and video card capable of displaying 32-bit color at 800x600, and audio playback capability.
  
• ISBN:1405102357
  9781405102353
  
• Contents:The endoscopy unit and staff
  Staff
  Facilities
  Management and behaviour
  Documentation
  Educational resources
  Equipment
  A brief history
  Endoscopes
  Endoscopic accessories
  Ancillary equipment
  Energy sources
  Equipment maintenance
  Infection control
  Cleaning and disinfection
  Patient care
  Indications for upper endoscopy
  Patient preparation
  Risks, unplanned events (complications)
  Predicting and reducing risks
  Monitoring
  Medications and sedation practice
  Recovery and discharge
  Risk management
  Diagnostic upper endoscopy techniques
  Endoscope handling
  Passing the endoscope
  Routine diagnostic survey
  Problems during endoscopy
  Recognition of lesions
  Specimen collection
  Endoscopy in special circumstances
  Therapeutic upper endoscopy
  Benign esophageal strictures
  Achalasia
  Esophageal cancer palliation
  Gastric and duodenal stenosis
  Gastric and duodenal polyps and tumors
  Foreign bodies
  Acute bleeding
  Enteral nutrition
  Colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy.