CHAPTER 11
Abdominal and
Gastrointestinal
Emergencies
Allison L. Hobelmann, MD, Ann C. Czarnik, MD,
Emilie J. B. Cavello, MD, MPH, and Charles H. Brown IV, MD
Esophageal Disorders 529
INFECTIOUSESOPHAGITIS 529
INFLAMMATORYESOPHAGITIS 529
GASTROESOPHAGEALREFLUXDISEASE 530
CAUSTICINGESTIONS 532
DYSMOTILITY 532
FOREIGNBODIES 532
STRUCTURALABNORMALITIES 535
GI Bleeding 537
UPPERGI BLEEDING 537
LOWERGI BLEEDING 540
Stomach 540
GASTRITIS 540
GASTRIC ANDDUODENALULCERS 541
PYLORICSTENOSIS 542
GASTRINOMA(ZOLLINGER-ELLISONSYNDROME)5 42
GASTRICCANCER 543
Small Intestine 543
CROHNDISEASE 543
SMALL-BOWELOBSTRUCTION/ILEUS 545
AORTO-ENTERICFISTULA 547
MECKELDIVERTICULUM 548
SMALL-BOWELNEOPLASMS 548
Large Bowel 549
GASTROENTERITIS 549
APPENDICITIS 552
NECROTIZINGENTEROCOLITIS 554