AuthorLankisch, P. G. author
TitleA Primer of Pancreatitis [electronic resource] / by P. G. Lankisch, M. Bรผchler, J. Mรถssner, S. Mรผller-Lissner
ImprintBerlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60870-4
Descript VI, 68p. 40 illus. online resource

SUMMARY

This primer of pancreatitis succinctly and clearly summarizes the most important aspects of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Summary diagrams accompanied by brief explanatory notes illustrate the essentials "at a glance" and provide the busy doctor with an up-to-date survey of the course of the disease and the essential steps in the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatitis


CONTENT

Definitions -- Physiology of pancreatic secretion -- Acute pancreatitis -- Aetiology -- Pathogenesis -- Incidence, prognosis and recurrence -- Diagnosis: overview -- Therapy: overview -- Chronic pancreatitis -- Aetiology and pathogenesis -- Pathogenesis of complications -- Incidence, course and prognosis -- Diagnosis: overview -- Therapy: overview -- Pancreatic enzyme supplementation therapy -- References


SUBJECT

  1. Medicine
  2. Gastroenterology
  3. Medicine & Public Health
  4. Gastroenterology