A Simplified Approach to
the Management of Patients with
COMMON GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS
COMMON PRESENTING PROBLEMS
Heartburn
Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
Dysphagia
Dyspepsia
Abdominal Pain
Nausea and Vomiting
Diarrhea
Constipation
Incontinence
Bright Red Blood Per Rectum
Melena
SPECIFIC CLINICAL PROBLEMS
H. Pylori / Ulcer Disease
AIDS Diarrhea
Acute Gastroenteritis
Iron Deficiency Anemia
Crohn's Disease
Hemoccult Positive Stool
Acute Bowel Obstruction
Screening for Colon Cancer
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Ulcerative Colitis
Prepared by: Charles N. Bernstein M.D. F.R.C.P.(C)
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Gastroenterology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Wilfred M. Weinstein M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Digestive Diseases
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.