Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders in Women’s Health

This guide provides the answers to patient questions that are frequently posed to practitioners who care for pregnant and non-pregnant women with GI and liver disorders. The first part of the text outlines gender-based differences in GI disorders, including GERD, liver disease, pancreatic disease, IBD, and IBS. The second part of the text reviews common GI and liver diseases that occur during pregnancy, while guiding clinicians through various diagnostic and therapeutic/management approaches. GI and liver diseases that are covered in this section include nausea and vomiting, viral hepatitis, and pregnancy-specific liver disorders such as preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, and intrahepatic cholestasis. The text concludes with a chapter on the safety of GI procedures for the pregnant patient.Written by experts in the field, Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders in Women's Health: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for the busy clinician who needs the best evidence-based answers to patient questions at their fingertips.

Differential Diagnoses between Primary Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating Secondary to a Primary Gastrointestinal Disorder.- Functional Swallowing Disorders.- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Does Gender Matter? How Does It Affect the Health of Women?.- Idiopathic Gastroparesis.- Autoimmune Hepatitis.- Diseases of the Liver: Primary Biliary Cholangitis.- Diseases of the Liver: Liver Masses (Hemangioma, Focal Nodular Hyperplasia, Hepatic Adenoma).- Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms in Women: Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms, Serous Cystadenomas, and Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms.- Obesity and Bariatric Surgery.- Celiac Disease.- Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Fertility, Menses, and Contraception.- Irritable Bowel Syndrome.- Chronic Constipation.- Colorectal Cancer Screening and Women.- Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum.- Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis B, D and E Viruses.- Pregnancy-Specific Liver Disorders: Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome.- Pregnancy-Specific Liver Disorders: Acute Fatty Liver.- Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy.- Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy.- Gallstone and Biliary Disease.- Safety of Procedures During Pregnancy.