1. Approach to the Patient with Gross Gastrointestinal Bleeding: Grace H. Elta and Mimi Takami.

2. Approach to the Patient with Occult Gastrointestinal Bleeding: David A. Ahlquist.

3. Approach to the Patient with Acute Abdomen: Rebecca M. Minter and Michael W. Mulholland.

4. Approach to the Patient with Ileus and Obstruction: Klaus Bielefeldt.

5. Approach to the Patient with Diarrhea: Don W. Powell.

6. Approach to the Patient with Suspected Acute Infectious Diarrhea: John D. Long and Ralph A. Gianella.

7. Approach to the Patient with Constipation: Satish S.C. Rao.

8. Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Liver Chemistries: Richard H. Moseley.

9. Approach to the Patient with Jaundice: Janak N. Shah, Raphael B. Merriman and Marion G. Peters.

10. Approach to the Patient with Ascites and its Complications: Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao.

11. Approach to the Patient with Fulminant (Acute) Liver Failure: Ryan M. Taylor, Christopher P. Golembeski and Robert J. Fontana.

12. Approach to the Patient with Chronic Viral Hepatitis B or C: Sammy Saab and Hugo Rosen.

13. Approach to the Patient with a Liver Mass.

PART II: Gastrointestinal Diseases.

A: Esophagus.

14. Esophagus: Anatomy and Structural Anomalies: Ikuo Hirano.

15. Motility Disorders of the Esophagus: Ikuo Hirano and Peter J. Kahrilas.

16. Gastrointestianl Reflux Disease and Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Joel E. Richter.

17. Esophageal Infections and Disorders Associated with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: C. Mel Wilcox.

18. Esophageal Neoplasms: Anil K. Rustgi and Weijing Sun.

19. Miscellaneous Diseases of the Esophagus: Foreign Bodies, Physical Injury, Systemic and Dermatological Diseases: Evan S. Dellon and Nicholas J. Shaheen.

B: Stomach.

20. Stomach and Duodenum: Anatomy and Structural Anomalies: Jean-Pierre Raufman and Eric Goldberg.

21. Disorders of Gastric Emptying: Henry P. Parkman, Frank K. Friedenberg and Robert S. Fisher.

22. Peptic Ulcer Disease: David Y. Graham, Akira Horiuchi and Mototsugu Kato.

23. Gastritis and Gastropathy: David Y. Graham and Robert M. Genta.

24. Tumors of the Stomach: Wai K. Leung, Enders K.W. Ng and Joseph J.Y. Sung.

25. Surgery for Peptic Ulcer Disease and Postgastrectomy Syndromes: Robert E. Glasgow and Sean J. Mulvihill.

26. Miscellaneous Diseases of the Stomach: John C. Rabine and Timothy T. Nostrant.

C: Small Intestine.

27. Small Intestine: Anatomy and Structural Anomalies: Deborah C. Rubin and Jacob C. Langer.

28. Dysmotility of the Small Intestine and Colon: Michael Camilleri and Silvia Delgado-Aros.

29. Bacterial, Viral, and Toxic Causes of Diarrhea, Gastroenteritis, and Anorectal Infections: Gail A. Hecht, Jerrold R. Turner and Phillip I. Tarr.

30. Chronic Infections of the Small Intestine: George T. Fantry, Lori E. Fantry, Stephen P. James and David H. Alpers.

31. Celiac Disease: Peter H.R. Green and Anne R. Lee.

32. Disorders of Epithelial Transport in the Small Intestine: Richard J. Grand, Mark L. Lloyd and Ward A. Olsen.

33. Short Bowel Syndrome: Richard N. Fedorak, Leah M. Gramlich and Lana Bistritz.

34. Tumors of the Small Intestine: Robert S. Bresalier.

35. Miscellaneous Diseases of the Small Intestine: C. Prakesh Gyawali and Marc S. Levin.

D: Colon.

36. Colon: Anatomy and Structural Anomalies: Steven M Cohn and Elisa H. Birnbaum.

37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease: William F. Stenson, William J. Tremaine and Russell D. Cohen.

38. Miscellaneous Inflammatory and Structural Disorders of the Colon: David H. Alpers and David H.B. Cort.

39. Diverticular Disease of the Colon: Tonia M. Young-Fadok and Michael G. Sarr.

40: Neoplastic and Nonneoplastic Polyps of the Colon and Rectum: Graeme P. Young, Finlay A. Macrae and Anthony C. Thomas.

41. Polyposis Syndromes: Randall W. Burt and Russell F. Jacoby.

42. Malignant Tumors of the Colon: David H. Alpers and Francis M. Giardiello.

43. Anorectal Diseases: Adil E. Bharucha and Arnold Wald.

E: Pancreas.

44. Pancreas: Anatomy and Structural Anomalies: David G. Heidt, Michael W. Mulholland and Diane M. Simeone.

45. Acute Pancreatitis: Anil B. Nagar and Stephen J. Pandol.

46. Chronic Pancreatitis: Chung Owyang and Cyrus Piraka.

47. Nonendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: James J. Farrell and Howard A. Reber.

48. Endocrine Neoplasms of the Pancreas: Robert T. Jensen and Jeffrey A. Norton.

49. Hereditary Diseases of the PancreasCarlos G. Micames and Johnathan A. Cohn.

F: Gallbladder and Biliary Tract.

50. Gallbladder and Biliary Tract: Anatomy and Structural Anomalies: Theodore H. Welling and Diane M. Simeone.

51. Gallstones: Cynthia W. Ko and Sum P. Lee.

52. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Other Cholangiopathies: Russell H. Wiesner and Kymberly D.S. Watt.

53. Cystic Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Tract: Albert J. Chang, Jung W. Suh and Shelly C. Lu.

54. Tumors of the Biliary Tract: Joseph J.Y. Sung and Yuk Tong Lee.

G: Liver.

55. Liver: Anatomy, Microscopic Structure and Cell Types: Gary C. Kanel.

56. Acute Viral Hepatitis: Marc G. Ghany and T. Jake Liang.

57. Chronic Hepatitis B Viral Infection: Robert G. Gish.

58. Hepatitis C Virus Infection: Aijaz Ahmed and Emmet B. Keeffe.

59. Drug-induced Liver Injury: Frank V. Schiødt and William M. Lee.

60. Autoimmune Hepatitis: E. Jenny Heathcote.

61. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: Marlyn J. Mayo and Dwain Thiele.

62. Hemochromatosis: Jacob Alexander and Kris V. Kowdley.

63. Metabolic Diseases of the Liver: Ronald J. Sokol and Mark A. Lovell.

64. Alcoholic Liver Diseases: Suthat Liangpunsakal and David W. Crabbe.

65. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Arun J. Sanyal and Onpan Cheung.

66. Central Nervous System and Pulmonary Complications of End-Stage Liver Diseases: Javier Vaquero, Andrew T. Blei and Roger F. Butterworth.

67. Liver Transplantation: Franics Y.K. Yao and Nathan M. Bass.

68. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Lewis R. Roberts.

69. Liver Abscess: David S. Raiford.

70. Vascular Diseases of the Liver: Laurie D. DeLeve and Gary C. Kanel.

71. Liver Biopsy and Histopathological Diagnosis: Sugantha Govindarajan.

H: Abdominal Cavity.

72. Abdominal Cavity: Anatomy, Structural Anomalies, and Hernias: Sareh Parangi and Richard A. Hodin.

73. Intraabdominal Abscesses and Fistulas: Paul Knechtges and Ellen M. Zimmerman.

74. Diseases of the Peritoneum, Retroperitoneum, Mesentery and Omentum: Shawn D. Larson and B. Mark Evers.

I: Miscellaneous.

75. Complications of AIDS and other Immunodeficiency States: Phillip D. Smith, Nirag C. Jhala, C. Mel Wilcox and Edward N. Janoff.

76. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Immunologic Disorders: Fergus Shanahan and Stephen R. Targan.

77. Parasitic Diseases: Protozoa: Ellen Li and Samuel L. Stanley Jr.

78. Parasitic Diseases: Helminths: Alejandro Busalleu, Martin Montes and A. Clinton White Jr.

79. Gastrointestinal Manifestation of Systemic Diseases: Joel S. Levine.

80. Skin Lesions Associated with Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases: Matilde Iorizzo and Joseph L. Jorizzo.

81. Oral Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Diseases: John C. Rabine and Timothy T. Nostrant.

82. Gastrointestinal Vascular Malformations or Neoplasms: Aterial, Venous, Arteriovenous, and Capillary: Mitchell S. Cappell.

83. Intestinal Ischemia: Julián Panés and Josep M. Piqué.

84. Radiation Injury in the Gastrointestinal Tract: Steven M. Cohn and Stephen J. Bickston.

PART III: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities in Gastroenterology.

A: Endoscopic.

85. Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Field F. Willingham and William R. Brugge.

86. Colonoscopy and Flexible Sigmoidoscopy: Jerome D. Waye and Christopher B. Williams.

87. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Sphincterotomy and Stone Removal, and Endoscopic Biliary and Pancreatic Drainage: Tony E. Yusuf and David L. Carr-Locke.

88. Gastrointestinal Dilation and Stent Placement: James D. Lord, Drew B. Schembre and Richard A. Kozarek.

89. Endoscopic Therapy for Upper Gastrointestinal Variceal Hemorrhage: Paul J. Thuluvath.

90. Endoscopic Therapy for Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage: David J. Bjorkman.

91. Endoscopic Therapy for Polyps and Tumors: Sergey V. Kantsevoy.

92. Laparoscopy and Laparotomy: Wenliang Chen and David W. Rattner.

B: Imaging.

93. Plain and Contrast Radiology: Marc S. Levine, Stephen E. Rubesin, Hans Herlinger and Igor Laufer.

94. Diagnostic Sonography: Phillip W. Ralls, R. Brooke Jeffrey Jr, Robert A. Kane and Michelle L. Robbin.

95. Endoscopic Ultrasonography: Marcia I. Canto and Sanjay B. Jagannath.

96. Applications of Computed Tomography to the Gastrointestinal Tract: Karen M. Horton, Pamela T. Johnson, Elliot K. Fishman and Alec J. Megibow.

97. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Diane Bergin.

98. Applications of Radionuclide Imaging in Gastroenterology: Harvey A. Ziessman.

99. Angiography: Kyung J. Cho.

100. Interventional Radiology: Kyung J. Cho.

C: Pathology.

101. Endoscopic Mucosal Biopsy: Elizabeth Montgomery and Anthony N. Kalloo.

D: GI Function Studies.

102. Evaluation of Gastrointestinal Motility: Methodologic Consideration: John W. Wiley and Chung Owyang