GI Motility Testing: A Laboratory and Office Handbook 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. 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 GI Motility Testing, 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. Some Chapter Topics Include:

Impedance Studies, High Resolution Manometry and Sensitivity Testing in Assessing Esophageal Disorders
Gastric Emptying Scintigraphy
Breath Testing for Carbohydrate Malabsorption and Bacterial Overgrowth
Assessment of Gut Transit with Radiopaque Markers and Scintigraphy
Novel Tests such as Wireless Motility Capsule for Evaluation of Regional and Whole Gut Transit/Motility
Functional Brain Imaging in GI Neurophysiology
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Gastroparesis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Constipation
Fecal Incontinence

GI Motility Testing: A Laboratory and Office Handbook 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.