This textbook on the digestive system was developed in collaboration with medical students to meet both students' and teachers' needs and objectives. It is currently the official gastroenterology textbook for undergraduate students in all French medical schools in Canada, and is also used in Europe and Africa. An updated and improved 3rd edition was published in French in 2020; this translation and update make the book available in English for the first time. The text features contributions from GI experts from Quebec, France, French Africa, and from key Canadian GI experts.
The first part of the book covers the eight main organs of the digestive system, while the second half discusses the major clinical diseases and symptoms that affect the digestive system. This book is comprehensive and well-organized, and features color-coded and beautifully designed figures and tables that make the book helpful and accessible to students.
Part 1: The Digestive Organs.- The Esophagus.- The Stomach.- The Small
Intestine.- The Colon.- The Pancreas.- The Biliary Tract.- The Anorectum.-
The Liver.- Part 2: Digestive Symptoms, Signs and Other.- Esophageal
Symptoms: Heartburn, Dysphagia, Chest Pain.- Nausea and Vomiting.- Upper
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (UGIB).- Dyspepsia.- Diarrhea.- Abdominal
Distension and Bloating.- Constipation.- Abdominal Pain.- Abdominal Hernias.-
Fecal Incontinence.- Anorectal Pain.- Rectal Bleeding.- Lower
Gastrointestinal Bleeding.- Food Allergies.- Undernutrition and Nutritional
Support.- Obesity.- Genes and Digestive Cancers.- Jaundice.- Abnormal Liver
Tests.- Ascite.- Diets and Digestive Diseases.
Pierre Poitras, was professor of medicine and physiology at Université de Montreal. He devoted his medical academic career to fundamental as well as clinical research, pregraduate as well as graduate teaching, and clinical practice. He published the 1st French edition of his textbook The Digestive System: from basic to clinical sciences in 2014. In 2016 he won the Excellence Award as the best teacher at Université de Montréal.
