Handbook of Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Disorders is a user-friendly handbook that reviews the latest and most up-to-date information on the evaluation of symptoms and diagnostic tests of GI motility and functional GI disorders and a practical approach on how to treat these disorders. Each chapter is written by an international expert in the field who was carefully chosen for his or her renowned scientific and clinical expertise. The book brings together the essence of science and art in the practice of neurogastroenterology and GI motility. The chapters are enriched with algorithms, tables, and figures to enhance learning and readability. Each chapter follows a specific outline; chapters on symptoms follow the format of definition, pathophysiology, and evaluation of the symptoms, whereas the chapters on specific disorders follow the format of definition, diagnosis, and treatment. This allows for quick reading of the various chapters and to gain up-to-date knowledge of the topic. Each chapter also includes extensive color pictures and illustrations of each test involved and descriptions of how to perform and interpret the motility tests that are incorporated into patient care decisions. Handbook of Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Disorders by Drs. Satish S. C. Rao, Henry P. Parkman, and Richard W. McCallum will be useful for practicing physicians, junior academicians, GI fellows, young faculty, motility laboratory personnel, surgeons, internists, physician assistants, family practitioners, and nurse practitioners who all encounter the common problems of dysphagia, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, and fecal incontinence in their daily practice. The update on management and therapy completes the Handbook of Gastrointestinal Motility and Functional Disorders and explains how to integrate this diagnostic information into decision making, and how to translate this to day-to-day patient care.

Table of Contents:
Dedication About the Editors Acknowledgments Contributing Authors Preface Foreword by Robert S. Fisher, MD Introduction Section I Esophageal Disorders Chapter 1 Esophageal Symptoms: Dysphagia, Heartburn, and Esophageal Chest PainMaria Samuel, MD and C. Prakash Gyawali, MD, MRCP Chapter 2 Gastroesophageal Reflux DiseaseWojciech Blonski, MD, PhD and Joel E. Richter, MD, FACP, MACG Chapter 3 AchalasiaAndrew J. Gawron, MD, PhD, MS and John E. Pandolfino, MD, MSCI Chapter 4 Esophageal Spasm and Hypercontractile and Hypertensive Motility DisordersMark R. Fox, MD, MA, FRCP and Rami Sweis, MD, PhD, MRCP Chapter 5 Cricopharyngeal DisordersKevin A. Ghassemi, MD and Jeffrey L. Conklin, MD Chapter 6 Esophageal HypersensitivityJose M. Remes-Troche, MD and Ronnie Fass, MD Section II Gastric Disorders Chapter 7 Symptoms of Gastric Dysmotility: Nausea, Vomiting, Abdominal Pain, Postprandial Fullness, and Early SatietyWilliam L. Hasler, MD Chapter 8 GastroparesisSameer Dhalla, MD, MHS and Pankaj Jay Pasricha, MD Chapter 9 Functional DyspepsiaJan Tack, MD, PhD Chapter 10 Dumping SyndromePatrick Berg, BS and Richard W. McCallum, MD, FACP, FRACP (AUST), FACG, AGAF Chapter 11 Cyclic Vomiting SyndromeThangam Venkatesan, MD and Erica A. Samuel, MD Chapter 12 Rumination SyndromeChad J. Cooper, MD; Joseph K. Sunny, Jr, MD; and Richard W. McCallum, MD, FACP, FRACP (AUST), FACG, AGAF Section III Small Intestinal Disorders Chapter 13 Small Intestinal Dysmotility Symptoms: Bloating, Distension, and GasJuan R. Malagelada, MD and Carolina Malagelada, PhD, MD Chapter 14 Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstructionRobert M. Siwiec, MD and John M. Wo, MD Chapter 15 Small Intestinal Bacterial OvergrowthBaha Moshiree, MD and Yehuda Ringel, MD, AGAF, FACG Chapter 16 Food Intolerance and Dietary Concepts in Functional Bowel DisordersAbimbola O. Aderinto-Adike, MD and Eamonn M.M. Quigley, MD, FRCP, FACP, FACG, FRCPI Section IV Colonic and Anorectal Disorders Chapter 17 Colonic Symptoms: Constipation, Diarrhea, and Fecal IncontinenceLawrence R. Schiller, MD Chapter 18 Irritable Bowel SyndromeElizabeth J. Videlock, MD and Lin Chang, MD Chapter 19 Slow Transit ConstipationRichard J. Saad, MD, MS Chapter 20 Dyssynergic Defecation and ConstipationGina Sam, MD, MPH and Satish S.C. Rao, MD, PhD, FRCP Chapter 21 Fecal IncontinenceWilliam E. Whitehead, PhD; Steve Heymen, PhD; and Giuseppe Chiarioni, MD Chapter 22 Anorectal Disorders: Fecal Impaction, Descending Perineum Syndrome, Rectocele, and Levator Ani SyndromeSatish S.C. Rao, MD, PhD, FRCP and Kulthep Rattanakovit, MD Chapter 23 Diabetes and the GutChristopher K. Rayner, MBBS, PhD, FRACP; Karen L. Jones, Dip App Sci (Nuc Med), PhD; and Michael Horowitz, MBBS, PhD, FRACP Chapter 24 Scleroderma and the GutDeborah M. Bethards, MD and Ann Ouyang, MD Chapter 25 Opiate-Induced Bowel DysfunctionEva Szigethy, MD, PhD; Marc Schwartz, MD; and Douglas A. Drossman, MD Financial Disclosures Index