Colonic Diseases

Buch | Hardcover

556 Seiten

2003
Humana Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-89603-961-2 (ISBN)

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The Scientification of Gastroenterology During the 20th Century * Science contributes to medicine in three ways: It provides a body of relatively secure knowl edge. Some of that knowledge has been applied to develop technologies which have had a major impact upon the practice and effectiveness of medicine. Last, science offers to medicine a way of thinking. - 1. McCormick [(1993) The Contribution of Science to Medicine. Perspect. Bioi. Med. 16,315.] Awareness of the digestive system began with the dawn of civilization, when man, observing the feeding habits of animals in the surrounding environment, experimented with foods, edible and inedible. Identity came with discoveries of the digestive organs during the 16th and 17th centuries. Function was revealed by physiologic studies of digestion, absorp tion and secretion, metabolism, and motility during the 18th and 19th centuries. Diagnostic access improved with the technological advances of the 20th century. Understanding of gas trointestinal (GI) disease followed the growth of the basic sciences and gastroenterology's involvement in scientific research during the latter half of the 20th century. Early in the 20th century, gastroenterology was yet an undefined activity without clinical or scientific guidelines. Diagnostic approach to the digestive tract was minimal. Valid con cepts of disease were lacking. Visceroptosis, sitophobia, and "colonic autointoxication" were common "diagnoses." Therapeutic resources were scarce.

I. Colorectal Physiology.- 1 Absorption—Secretion and Epithelial Cell Function.- 2 Normal Motility and Smooth Muscle Function.- 3 Neural Regulation of Colonic Motor Function.- 4 Mucin and Goblet Cell Function.- 5 Endocrine Cells of the Colon.- 6 Micronutrients.- 7 Aging.- 8 Immunology of the Gastrointestinal Tract.- 9 Colonic Lymphatics.- 10 Probiotics and the Colon: Therapeutic and Prophylactic Uses.- 11 Physiology and Pathophysiology of Colorectal Sensory Processes.- II. Investigation of Disease Processes.- 12 Oxidative Stress.- 13 Genetic Testing for Colon Cancer.- 14 Inflammation.- 15 Epidemiologic Studies and Outcomes Research in Colonic Diseases.- 16 Colonoscopy.- 17 Interpretation of Colonic Biopsies in Patients with Diarrhea.- 18 Anorectal Manometry.- 19 Endoanal and Endorectal Ultrasound.- 20 Colonic Transit and Motility.- 21 Defecography and Related Radiologic Techniques.- 22 Cross-Sectional Imaging of the Large Bowel.- III. Colorectal Disease.- 23 Hirschsprung’s Disease and Neonatal Disorders.- 24 Acute Megacolon, Acquired Megacolon, and Volvulus.- 25 Diverticular Disease.- 26 Current Understanding of Colorectal Neoplasia.- 27 Constipation.- 28 Crohn’s Disease.- 29 Ulcerative Colitis.- 30 Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- 31 Ischemic Colitis.- 32 Surgical Treatments for Colonic Diseases.- 33 Anorectal Disorders.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2003
Zusatzinfo	166 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 556 p. 166 illus.
Verlagsort	Totowa, NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Viszeralchirurgie
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie
ISBN-10	0-89603-961-7 / 0896039617
ISBN-13	978-0-89603-961-2 / 9780896039612
Zustand	Neuware