This guide provides the answers to patient questions that are frequently posed to practitioners who care for pregnant and non-pregnant women with GI and liver disorders. The first part of the text outlines gender-based differences in GI disorders, including GERD, liver disease, pancreatic disease, IBD, and IBS. The second part of the text reviews common GI and liver diseases that occur during pregnancy, while guiding clinicians through various diagnostic and therapeutic/management approaches. GI and liver diseases that are covered in this section include nausea and vomiting, viral hepatitis, and pregnancy-specific liver disorders such as preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, and intrahepatic cholestasis. The text concludes with a chapter on the safety of GI procedures for the pregnant patient.

Written by experts in the field, Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders in Women's Health: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for the busy clinician who needs the best evidence-based answers to patient questions at their fingertips.

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Functional Swallowing Disorders
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome: Does Gender Matter? How Does It Affect the Health of Women?
Idiopathic Gastroparesis
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Diseases of the Liver: Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Diseases of the Liver: Liver Masses (Hemangioma, Focal Nodular Hyperplasia, Hepatic Adenoma)
Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms in Women: Mucinous Cystic Neoplasms, Serous Cystadenomas, and Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms
Obesity and Bariatric Surgery
Celiac Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Fertility, Menses, and Contraception
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chronic Constipation
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Women
Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy and Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis B, D and E Viruses
Pregnancy-Specific Liver Disorders: Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome
Pregnancy-Specific Liver Disorders: Acute Fatty Liver
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy
Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Pregnancy
Gallstone and Biliary Disease
Safety of Procedures During Pregnancy.