ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Upper abdominal pain: Gall bladder

Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Bleeding : Assessing

Various strategies can be used in the diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. This study investigates the relevance of anamnestic and clinical findings for the diagnosis of the bleeding source. The authors introduced a computer-aided diagnostic system using Bayes’ theorem and compared it with clinicians’ predictions using anamnestic and clinical findings only. There was no differenc...

Cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Pancreas, Liver and Gall Bladder

The gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is essentially a long tube extending from the mouth to the anus with a number of specialized regions. Most of the nutrients (Chapter 10) in food have to be digested before they can be assimilated. Digestion involves the hydrolysis of polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, proteins and lipids in enzyme-catalyzed reactions. The products of hydrolysis, such as monosacc...

ABC of the upper gastrointestinal tract: Cancer of the stomach and pancreas.

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Left Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain

We present a case of acute appendicitis from mobile cecum presenting with left upper quadrant abdominal pain.