Medical management of liver disease

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Medical management of liver disease

edited by Edward L. Krawitt

(Clinical guides to medical management)

M. Dekker, c1999

  • alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Addresses problems and opportunities associated with the tremendous recent progress in liver disease and transplantation! This extremely practical reference covers the natural history, diagnosis, and treatments of all major categories of liver ailments-viral hepatitis, drug-and alcohol-induced disease, steatosis, hemochromatosis, biliary disease, and autoimmune liver disease-synthesizing recent findings with classical treatments and therapies. Provides up-to-date information for primary care and intensive care physicians faced with daily management of serious complications of liver diseases in various clinical environments! Written by over 80 international hepatologists and gastroenterologists, Medical Management of Liver Disease covers Wilson's disease, granulomatous hepatitis, parasitic diseases, cryoglobulinemia, AIDS, and other less common disorders discusses liver-specific cancers such as hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma analyzes relationships among hepatitis viruses, including coinfection with hepatitis B and D delineates serological and virological assays for acute and chronic hepatitis examines treatments and vaccines for hepatitis A and B reviews recently emerged hepatotropic viruses explores HIV and other infectious diseases deals extensively with management of complications, including bleeding, ascites, encephalopathy, lung and heart problems, and coagulation disorders and more! Containing over 700 references and over 250 helpful drawings, photographs, and tables, Medical Management of Liver Disease is indispensable for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, family physicians, internists, intensivists, hospitalists, pathologists, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents

Approach to the Patient with Hepatobiliary Disease Approach to the Patient with Elevated Serum Enzyme Levels Edward L. Krawitt Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Imaging Studies Jose A. Lavergne and K. Rajender Reddy Approach to the Patient with Jaundice Stephen Crane Hauser Interpretation of Serological and Virological Tests for Hepatitis Dilip K. Moonka and Christopher B. O'Brien Management of Viral Hepatitis Immunoprophylaxis of Viral Hepatitis Jonathan M. Koff and Raymond S. Koff Management of Acute Viral Hepatitis Andrew Bedford and Sanjiv Chopra Management of Chronic Hepatitis B Helma P. Cotrim and Gabriel Garcia Management of Chronic Hepatitis D (Delta) Philippe Merle, Philippe Chossegros, and Christian Trepo Management of Chronic Hepatitis C Scott J. Cotler and Donald M. Jensen Management of Cryoglobulinemia in Chronic Hepatitis C Ira M. Jacobson and Edward L. Parrish Management of Autoimmune Liver Disease Management of Autoimmune Hepatitis Ian G. McFarlane and Edward L. Krawitt Management of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Young-Mee Lee and Marshall M. Kaplan Management of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Russell H. Wiesner Management of Overlap Syndromes Martin Black and Thomas D. Schiano Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease Management of Alcoholic Liver Disease Anne M. Larson and Robert L. Carithers, Jr. Nutritional Support in Chronic Liver Disease Michael Charlton Management of Gallstones Management of Gallstones Eneya Mulagha and Hans Fromm Endoscopic Mangement of Gallstones Ram Chuttani, Savant Mehta, and Gottumukkala Raju Management of Liver Infections Management of Liver Abscess Christopher J. Grace, W. Kemper Alston, and Mary Beth Ramundo Management of Parasitic Infections of the Liver Raymundo Parana, Luis Guillherme Costa Lyra, Ana Lucia Coutinho Domingos, Victorino Spinelli Barreto Management of HIV-Related Hepatobiliary Disease Michael A. Poles and Douglas T. Dieterich Management of Hepatobiliary Neoplasm Management of Liver Neoplasms Douglas R. LaBrecque and Azade Cakir-Yedidag Management of Cholangiocarcinoma Frederick C. Johlin, Jr. Management of Other Liver Disorders Management of Acetaminophen Toxicity Frank V. Schiodt and William M. Lee Management of Fulminant Hepatic Failure Norman L. Sussman and John R. Lake Management of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Paul Angulo and Keith D. Lindor Management of Hemochromatosis Bruce Y. Tung and Kris V. Kowdley Management of Wilson's Disease Michael L. Schilsky and Irmin Sternlieb Management of Porphyrias Herbert L. Bonkovsky Management of Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency David H. Perlmutter Management of Granulomatous Hepatitis Gerd H. Sauter and Gerd R. Pape Management of Fibrocystic Disease of the Liver Gregory T. Everson and Roshan Shrestha Management of Liver Disease in Pregnancy Vinod K. Rustgi Management of Complications of Liver Disease Management of Pruritus Christine M. Hunt and Kelly L. Carson Management of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Portal Hypertension Arun J. Sanyal and Mitchell L. Shiffman Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy Kevin D. Mullen, Annette Kyprianou, and Steedman A. Sarbah Management of Ascites Enrique J. Martinez and Lennox Jeffers Management of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis John C. Hoefs, Victoria Alagiozian-Angelova, and Afshin Khatibi Management of Functional Renal Failure (Hepatorenal Syndrome) Robert D. J. Henihan and Lawrence S. Friedman Management of Hematological Complications of Liver Disease Richard F. Branda Management of Pulmonary Complications of Liver Disease Jason Kelley Management of Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy Zenghua Ma and Samuel S. Lee Management of Patients Before and After Liver Transplantation Management of the Patient Awaiting Liver Transplantation Fredric D. Gordon, Roger L. Jenkins, and W. David Lewis Management of the Patient After Liver Transplantation Emmet B. Keeffe

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