The goal of this issue of Gastroenterology Clinics is to present GI diseases which affect women uniquely, such as pelvic floor problems and pregnancy related disorders, or which require a more considered approach such as functional bowel disease or autoimmune processes. It will also address the position of women and female gastroenterologists in the health system as a whole. This issue is published at an exciting, transitional time in the future of gastroenterology, as we adjust approaches for the assessment of disease in a large portion of our patient population, and as we address the challenges in practicing medicine based on the uniqueness of specific populations.
1. Preface: Women’s Gastrointestinal Health in 2016: An Introduction to an Expanding Field in Gastroenterology - p. 7 2. Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Female Patients - p. 8 3. Chronic Constipation - p. 22 4. Fecal Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Women - p. 28 5. Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Motility Disorders in Women, Gastroparesis, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - p. 40 6. Complex Relationships Between Food, Diet, and the Microbiome - p. 46 7. Gastrointestinal Diseases in Pregnancy - p. 53 8. Pregnancy and the Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - p. 61 9. Caring for Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - p. 71 10. Obesity in Women - p. 79 11. Metabolic Bone Disease in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - p. 88 12. Women with Cirrhosis - p. 95 13. Hepatitis B in the Female Population - p. 103 14. View from the Top: Perspectives on Women in Gastroenterology from Society Leaders - p. 110 15. Index - p. 119
The goal of this issue of Gastroenterology Clinics is to present GI diseases which affect women uniquely, such as pelvic floor problems and pregnancy related disorders, or which require a more considered approach such as functional bowel disease or autoimmune processes. It will also address the position of women and female gastroenterologists in the health system as a whole. This issue is published at an exciting, transitional time in the future of gastroenterology, as we adjust approaches for the assessment of disease in a large portion of our patient population, and as we address the challenges in practicing medicine based on the uniqueness of specific populations.
1. Preface: Women’s Gastrointestinal Health in 2016: An Introduction to an Expanding Field in Gastroenterology - p. 7 2. Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Female Patients - p. 8 3. Chronic Constipation - p. 22 4. Fecal Incontinence and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in Women - p. 28 5. Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Motility Disorders in Women, Gastroparesis, and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease - p. 40 6. Complex Relationships Between Food, Diet, and the Microbiome - p. 46 7. Gastrointestinal Diseases in Pregnancy - p. 53 8. Pregnancy and the Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - p. 61 9. Caring for Women with Inflammatory Bowel Disease - p. 71 10. Obesity in Women - p. 79 11. Metabolic Bone Disease in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - p. 88 12. Women with Cirrhosis - p. 95 13. Hepatitis B in the Female Population - p. 103 14. View from the Top: Perspectives on Women in Gastroenterology from Society Leaders - p. 110 15. Index - p. 119
