<DIV><p> </p><div><i>GI Motility Testing: A Laboratory and Office Handbook </i>is a comprehensive and practical book that describes how to properly perform and interpret GI motility tests in conjunction with learning GI motility and neurogastroenterology.</div><div> </div><div>Drs. Henry P. Parkman, Richard W. McCallum, Satish S.C. Rao, and their contributors carefully detail the wide range of procedures that are used for the evaluation of patients in the GI motility laboratory. Inside <i>GI Motility Testing, </i>each chapter has been comprehensively written and fully illustrated with examples of tracings and studies. This detailed bookdiscusses the most up-to-date equipment and technology, while providing a solid understanding of normal and abnormal manometry patterns as well as information on billing and coding.</div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Some Chapter Topics Include:</b></div> <ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Impedance Studies, High Resolution Manometry and Sensitivity Testing in Assessing Esophageal Disorders</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Breath Testing for Carbohydrate Malabsorption and Bacterial Overgrowth</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Assessment of Gut Transit with Radiopaque Markers and Scintigraphy</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Novel Tests such as Wireless Motility Capsule for Evaluation of Regional and Whole Gut Transit/Motility</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Functional Brain Imaging in GI Neurophysiology</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Gastroparesis</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Irritable Bowel Syndrome</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Constipation</li> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt">Fecal Incontinence </li> </ul><div> </div><div><i>GI Motility Testing: A Laboratory and Office Handbook </i>carefully explains how to integrate diagnostic information into decision making for day-to-day patient care, making it ideal for gastroenterologists, surgeons, GI fellows , internists, physician assistants, technicians, nurses, and nurse practitioners.</div></DIV>