The Influence of 20th-Century Biomedical Thought on the Origins of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy.-  The Changing Epidemiology of IBD -- Recent Advances in the Genetics of IBD.- New Paradigms in the Pathogenesis of IBD.- State of the Art Medical Treatment of the Adult Patient with IBD: The Mesalamine-based Therapies.- State of the Art Medical Treatment of the Adult Patient with IBD: Modern-Use Of Corticosteroids -- State of the Art Medical Treatment of the Adult Patient with IBD: The Immunomodulators -- State of the Art Medical Treatment of the Adult Patient with IBD: The Biological Therapies -- State of the Art Medical Treatment of the Adult Patient with IBD: Prebiotics, Probiotics, Antibiotics, and Nutritional Therapies.-  State of the Art Medical Treatment of the Pediatric Patient with IBD -- State of the Art Surgical Treatment of the Patient with IBD.-  Clinical Utility of Serological Markers and Thiopurine Drug Monitoring in IBD -- Caring for Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.-  Novel Radiographic Techniques in IBD Patients.-  Novel Techniques in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.-  Pathology Slide Show:  Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- New Findings in the Diagnosis and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer in IBD -- Managing the Patient with a Fecal Diversion.- The New Economic Reality in the World of IBD. .

This Second Edition of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnosis and Therapeutics, provides readers with the most up-to-date approaches to IBD states, expansion of biological agents of treatment, new studies in the epidemiology of IBD, the changing economics of IBD, major advances in novel readiographic techniques; which aid in the detection of colorectal cancer in patients with IBD and new findings in the genetics of IBD. Major breakthroughs in new endoscopic evaluations of the bowel (i.e. Capsule endoscopy, double-balloon enteroscopy, endoscopic ultrasound) and their use in the inflammatory bowel diseases is also summarized in this book. This new edition continues to provide readers with a concise, yet in-depth review of many of the important areas in history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of the inflammatory bowel diseases (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), as well as associated issues: extra intestinal manifestations, ostomy care, women's issues and economics.