Management of Inpatient Inflammatory Bowel Disease

This handbook provides a concise, state-of-the-art overview on the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the hospitalized patient. The book reviews epidemiology and risk factors for hospitalization in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease, as well as medical and surgical management strategies for patients hospitalized with UC or Crohn's disease. The book also highlights complex disease management cases involving co-infection from clostridium difficile and/or CMV. The volume also spotlights nutrition management, quality of care, and management of pediatric and pregnant patients hospitalized with IBD flares. 

Joseph D. Feuerstein, MD

Division of Gastroenterology
 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School 

Boston, MA

USA

Adam S. Cheifetz, MD

Director, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
 

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School 

Boston, MA

USA