Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: New Developments and Standards

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W.E. Fleig
Springer Science & Business Media, 30 nov 1995 - 326 páginas
Falk Symposium No. 82, held in Halle, Germany, November 1994, focuses on the advances made in understanding the aetiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Sections of this book, the Proceedings of the conference, are devoted to extraintestinal manifestations, cancer development, IBD in the context of pregnancy, and the assessment of disease activity, prognosis and quality of life. The second half of the book is devoted to the discussion of standards and new developments in diagnosis, conservative management and surgery.
Audience: All clinicians and basic scientists working in the field of IBD.
 

Índice

Genetic susceptibilities major aetiological risk factors for IBD
3
Psychosocial factors
14
Microbial factors in the pathogenesis of IBD
23
Crohn disease a virustriggered vasculitis?
35
The role of the cellular immune response in the pathogenesis of IBD
42
Soluble inflammatory mediators
50
Role of nitric oxide and free radicals in the pathogenesis of IBD
66
EXTRAINTESTINAL MANIFESTATIONS AND SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN IBD
77
Conventional radiology CT and MRI in IBD
163
Diagnosis of perianal fistula and abscess
166
Laboratory tests in IBD which and when?
173
STANDARDS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDICAL TREATMENT
181
Sulphasalazine mesalazine and other 5ASA derivatives
183
Old and new steroids
193
An update of immunosuppressive therapy in IBD
225
Nutrition and diet
232

Enterogenic arthropathy
79
The skin in chronic IBD
94
Pregnancy in CIBD a nonproblem?
101
The risk of cancer in IBD a plea for surveillance?
111
MEASURES OF DISEASE ACTIVITY PROGNOSIS AND QUALITY OF LIFE
119
Measuring disease activity do we need new indices?
121
Prognostic indicators for remission relapse and postoperative recurrence in IBD
126
Quality of life in IBD does it reflect activity of disease?
134
STANDARDS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DIAGNOSIS
145
How much endoscopy and when points to be considered in diagnosis and followup
147
IBD diagnostic relevance of abdominal sonography
153
Efficacy of psychosomatic therapy in Crohn disease
242
Treatment strategy in chronic active Crohn disease
254
STANDARDS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN SURGICAL THERAPY
257
Surgery in ulcerative colitis
259
Pros and cons of the ileoanal pouch
271
Current standards in surgery for Crohn disease
280
Nonresective surgery for Crohn disease
289
Optimized treatment of fistulae in Crohn disease
297
Medical treatment for prevention of postoperative recurrence of Crohn disease?
311
Index
317
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