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Staging and grading are indispensable in reaching an adequate diagnosis, to determine disease severity, to choose an appropriate therapy, and to assure the best patient care and quality of life, but up to now no one source in gastroenterology has existed. Gastroenterologists, gastrointestinal surgeons, and fellows-in-training in gastroenterology will therefore immediately recognize the practical value of Grading and Staging in Gastroenterology - a comprehensive and systematic overview of all the current and most relevant information regarding grading and staging in gastroenterology - now selected and compiled for the first time in a single volume.

Organized into three sections - Instruments for Overall Patient and Disease Assessment; Organ and Disease-related Staging and Grading Systems, and Quality of Life Patient Assessments - readers have the option of using as an overall reference, to refer to a specific organ or disease, or by virtue of the extensive subject index, to research according to specific instrument or other relevant topics.

The following timesaving and didactic features further enhance the usefulness, and whether you are a clinician or surgeon, responsible for training, involved in research including setting up research trials, or require deeper understanding of evidence-based studies you will find making this compendium a part of your gastroenterology library a smart investment.

Instruments for Overall Patient and Disease Assessment
Performance Status                                  
Mental Status                                      
Nutritional Status                                   
Hydration Status                                    
Grading of Severity of Disease-Organ Failure               
Comorbid Disease                                   
Functional Disorders                                 
Vascular/Bleeding Disorders                          
Infectious Disorders: Prophylaxis                      
Caustic Injury                                       
Neoplasia                                          
Chemotoxicity: Drug Toxicity                         
Treatment Evaluation                                
Level of Evidence: Study Quality                       
Miscellaneous                                       
Organ-Related Staging and Grading
Oropharynx                                        
Anatomical Variants                               
Inflammation                                     
Neoplastic Lesions                                 
Esophagus                                         
Symptoms                                       
Anatomical Variants                               
Vascular Disorders                                 
Infectious Disorders                                
Inflammatory Disorders: GERD                       
Neoplastic Lesions                                 
Stomach                                           
Symptoms                                       
Anatomical Variants, Injury                          
Vascular Disorders                                 
Inflammatory Disorders                             
Neoplastic Lesions                                 
Small Intestine                                      
Anatomical Variants, Injury                          
Inflammatory Disorders                             
Neoplasia                                        
Colon                                              
Symptoms                                       
Functional Disorders                               
Anatomical Variants, Injury                          
Vascular Disorders                                 
Inflammatory Disorders                             
Neoplastic Lesions                                 
Liver                                               
Anatomy, Injury