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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