Cause Percent Heart disease 24.6 Cancer 24.1 Unintentional injuries 6.3 Chronic lower respiratory diseases 5.4 Stroke 4.2 Diabetes 3.1 Suicide 2.5 Alzheimer’s disease 2.0 Influenza and pneumonia 2.0 Kidney disease…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Joel J. Heidelbaugh (ed.)Men’s Health in Primary CareCurrent Clinical Practice10.1007/978-3-319-26091-4_4 4. Providing Preventive Services to Men: A Substantial Challenge? Masahito Jimbo1 (1) Department of Family Medicine and Urology, University of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Joel J. Heidelbaugh (ed.)Men’s Health in Primary CareCurrent Clinical Practice10.1007/978-3-319-26091-4_3 3. Health-Seeking Behavior and Meeting the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Men Keon L. Gilbert1 , Keith Elder2 and Roland J. ThorpeJr.3 (1) Department of…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Joel J. Heidelbaugh (ed.)Men’s Health in Primary CareCurrent Clinical Practice10.1007/978-3-319-26091-4_2 2. Masculinity in Men’s Health: Barrier or Portal to Healthcare? Derek M. Griffith1 , Keon L. Gilbert2 , Marino A. Bruce3, 4 and Roland J. ThorpeJr.5 (1) Institute for…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Joel J. Heidelbaugh (ed.)Men’s Health in Primary CareCurrent Clinical Practice10.1007/978-3-319-26091-4_6 6. Caring for the Adolescent Male Cullen N. Conway1 , Samuel Cohen-Tanugi1, Dennis J. Barbour2 and David L. Bell1 (1) Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY,…
Fig. 6.1 Food bolus impaction above an esophageal stricture Esophageal Strictures A variety of conditions can cause benign esophageal strictures. The most commonly found and clinically significant conditions are listed in…
Fig. 8.1 a Wide open pylorus after surgical pyloroplasty. b Appearance of a surgical pyloroplasty done more than 60 years previously, in a 100-year old patient After antrectomy, the remaining mid-stomach needs…
Esophagus Esophageal cancer – Squamous cell – Adenocarcinoma Gastric cardia cancer GE junction cancer Esophageal intramural neoplasia (GIST) Extrinsic tumor compression – Mediastinal tumors – Lymphoma – Lung cancer –…
Fig. 3.1 Natural history of portal hypertension: annual risks of varices and variceal Endoscopy plays a critical role in every aspect of the management of patients with varices and variceal hemorrhage…
Weight (kg) EGD <2.5 <6-mm gastroscope 2.5–10 <6-mm gastroscope preferred; standard adult gastroscope can be considered especially if therapeutic intervention required >10 Standard adult gastroscope Adapted from Barth et al….
