Gastrointestinal emergencies

Section 1: Approach to Specific Presentations. 1. Approach to Dysphagia (John Collins). 2. Approach to Vomiting (Bee Chan Lee, John Collins). 3. Approach to Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Patrick Allen, Tony Tham). 4. Approach to Acute Abdominal Pain (Tony Tham). 5. Approach to Jaundice (Tony Tham). 6. Acute Severe Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding (Tonya Kaltenbach, Roy Soetikno). 7. Diarrhea (John Collins). Section 2: Complications of Gastrointestinal Procedures. 8. Complications of Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Reza Shaker, Colm O'Loughlin). 9. Complications of Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (Freddy Vandenbussche, Jo Vandervoort). 10. Complications of Variceal Sclerotherapy, Ligation and Balloon Tamponade (Yan Zhong, Stefan Seewald, Nib Soehendra). 11. ERCP Complications (Victor Chen, Richard Wong). 12. Complications of Laparoscopic Surgery (Stephen Attwood). 13. Liver biopsy (Ramsey Cheung). 14. Complications of Colonoscopy (Sybile Van Lierde, Jo Vandervoort). 15. Capsule Endoscopy Complications (Ma. Cecilia Sison, Andres Sanchez Yague, Kenneth Binmoeller, Roy Soetikno). 16. Endoscopic Ultrasound Complications (Ma. Cecilia Sison, Andres Sanchez Yague, Kenneth Binmoeller, Roy Soetikno). Section 3: Specific Conditions. 17. Foreign Body Impaction in the Esophagus (George Triadafilopoulos). 18. Esophageal Perforation (Peter Siersema). 19. Perforation of the GI tract (John Moorehead, Ian McAllister). 20. Intestinal Obstruction (Andrew Crumley, Robert Stuart). 21. Management of Acute Upper Non-Variceal Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage (Kelvin Palmer). 22. Acute Pancreatitis (David Lichtenstein). 23. Biliary Emergencies (David Carr-Locke, Bhavani Moparty). 24. Variceal Hemorrhage (Yan Zhong, Stefan Seewald, Nib Soehendra). 25. Acute Liver Failure (Aijaz Ahmed, Emmet Keeffe). 26. Management of Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (Andres Cardenas, Pere Gines). 27. Alcoholic Hepatitis (David Patch). 28. Acute Appendicitis (John Moorehead, Ian McAllister). 29. Ischemic Bowel (Shai Friedland, Roy Soetikno). 30. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Subrata Ghosh). 31. Infectious Diarrhea (John Collins, Graham Morrison). 32. Diverticular Disease (Tonya Kaltenbach, Roy Soetikno). 33. Gastrointestinal Complications of HIV Disease (Wallace Dinsmore, Afshin Nasoodi).