A Guide to Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders

Functional Anatomy and Physiology.- Diagnostic Techniques.- Principles of Drug Treatment.- The Esophagus.- The Stomach.- The Small Intestine.- The Colon.- Anorectum.- The Biliary Tract.

Albert J (Arjan) Bredenoord, MD studied Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium. He subsequently worked on several clinical research projects on GI motility at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA and at the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands which resulted in a PhD thesis on gastroesophageal reflux disease in 2006. His clinical training was performed in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands and at the Royal London Hospital in London, UK. He currently works as a consultant Gastroenterologist at the Amsterdam Medical Center where he is dedicated to patients care, scientific research and education. His main focus is on achalasia, reflux disease and eosinophilic esophagitis. He is one of the pioneers of high-resolution manometry and impedance monitoring of the esophagus. The esophageal clinic in the AMC Amsterdam hosts the largest population of benign esophageal diseases in the Netherlands. Dr Bredenoord is an author of over 150 papers, books and book chapters on esophageal diseases and organizes regular courses in Europe, North America and Asia. Dr Bredenoord is associate editor of Neurogastroenterology and Motility and co-founder of the International HRM working group.André Smout was born in 1950 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam and thereafter specialized in gastroenterology in Rotterdam and Utrecht. Since 1984 he has worked as a consultant gastroenterologist at the University Medical Centers of Utrecht and Amsterdam. Since 1994 he is professor of "Neurogastroenterology and Motility", first at the University of Utrecht and later at the University of Amsterdam. For almost 40 years André Smout's research, clinical and teaching activities have been devoted to gastrointestinal motility and neurogastroenterology. In later years the emphasis of his scientific activities was on gastroesophageal reflux disease and esophageal motility disorders. He is author of more than 425 peer-reviewed scientific publications, several books andmany book

"This concise book describes the causes and management of functional GI disorders. ... Written for general practitioners and medical specialists, the book also may be a helpful read for students and trainees. ... This short, practice-oriented book does a good job of reviewing the causes and management of functional GI disorders." (Heather Huang, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2016)