© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_19 19. Do I Really Need to Come for Blood Testing So Often? Appropriate Monitoring of Therapy and Disease by Laboratory Testing…
Vaccine Dose Recommendation Check titer first Safe for immunocompromised Inactivated vaccines HAVa 2 doses Adults ≥19 Yes Yes HBVa 3 doses Adults ≥19 Yes Yes HAV and HBVa 3 doses…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_17 17. I Heard These Medications Give You Cancer. Is That True? Risks of Malignancy with IBD Therapy Ryan R. Gaffney1 and Andrew Tinsley2, 3 …
Fig. 16.1 Algorithm for abdominal pain management in inflammatory bowel disease patients (Adapted with permission from Srinath et al. [7]) Given the high prevalence of psychiatric disorders and functional pain…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_15 15. Why Can’t I Just Stay on Prednisone? The Long-Term Adverse Effects of Steroids Adam Schiro1 and Daniel J. Stein1 (1) Division of Gastroenterology…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_14 14. What About Alternative Therapies I Can Try? Dietary Supplements, Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Alternative Therapies in IBD Sandra M. Quezada1 and Raymond K. Cross2 (1)…
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_11 11. What Is the Best Therapy for My Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis? State-of-the-Art Therapy for Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_10 10. What is the Best Possible Therapy for My Mild to Moderate Ulcerative Colitis? State-of-the-Art Therapy for Mild to Moderate Ulcerative…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Daniel J. Stein and Reza Shaker (eds.)Inflammatory Bowel Disease10.1007/978-3-319-14072-8_9 9. What Is the Best Possible Therapy for My Crohn’s Disease? State-of-the-Art Therapy for Newly Diagnosed Crohn’s Disease Dejan Micic1, Atsushi Sakuraba1 and…
