A Concise, Symptom-Based Textbook for Diagnosis and DecisionMaking in Clinical PracticeOver the past twenty years, thousands of physicians have come todepend on Yamada's Textbook of Gastroenterology. Itsencyclopaedic discussion of the basic science underlyinggastrointestinal and liver diseases as well as the many diagnosticand therapeutic modalities available to the patients who sufferfrom them was--and still is--beyond compare. This newtextbook, Principles of Clinical Gastroenterology, isdesigned to inform practitioners on the features of the majorclinical disorders in gastroenterology and hepatology from thepoint of view of the clinician observing signs and symptoms of apatient under care and management.It is a practical guide to diagnosis and decision making inclinical practice and provides a rich source of information ondiseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver. Covering the fullrange of examinations in gastroenterology and hepatology, withextremely timely chapters on patients with dyspepsia, eatingdisorders, jaundice, hepatitis, cirrhosis, and on screening,Principles of Clinical Gastroenterology gives you easyaccess to approaches that a clinician might take to common symptomsand signs presented by patients with such disorders. The chaptersinclude the epidemiology, history, signs and symptoms, diagnosis,treatment, and prognosis of the most commonly encountered disordersin gastroenterology and hepatology.This textbook will be an invaluable resource whether you are agastroenterologist, internist, surgeon, or other clinician who seespatients with gastrointestinal and liver disorders. It should bekept close at hand for frequent consultation.