Main description:

This book is a comprehensive and easy-to-access guide not only in the diagnosis of the various types of liver disease but in the management of specific disorders, including the particular nuances of the care of the patient with liver disease. It provides a resource to the practitioner caring for patients with liver disease for addressing everyday questions posed by patients and their families, as well as referring physicians, in a manner that can easily be conveyed. The spectrum covered includes appropriate testing and disease monitoring of patients, use of medications, supplements, alternative therapies and alcohol, operative risk assessment, implementation of health maintenance for patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, identification and management of particular complications of cirrhosis, and appropriate referral for liver transplantation, as well as management of special populations.
Written by experts in the field, Liver Disorders: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for clinicians who treat patients with a variety of liver disorders.

Contents:

1. What Do Abnormal Liver Tests Mean?Miguel Malespin and Rebecca Tsang
2. General Care of the Liver PatientSanjay Bhandari
3. Do I - Need a Liver Biopsy?Kiyoko Oshima
Part 1. What to Do with Tumors in the Liver?
4. Incidental Hepatic LesionsSyed Rizvi
5. Benign Hepatic LesionsSyed Rizvi
6. Malignant Liver LesionsMichael Loudin, Ranjan Mascarenhas, Barry Schlansky
7. Health Maintenance in Liver Disease and CirrhosisVeronica Loy
8. Pre-operative and Post-operative Care of the Liver PatientMalcolm M. Wells, Thomas D. Schiano
Part 2. Distinct Liver Disorders
9. Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis A & EAdnan Said and Amanda DeVoss
10. Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis B (& D)Tatyana Taranukha and Venelin Kounev
11. Viral Hepatitis: Hepatitis CChalermrat Bunchorntavakul and K. Rajender Reddy
12. Viral Hepatitis: Other Viral HepatidesAdnan Said and Aiman Ghufran
13. Alcoholic Liver DiseaseAshutosh Barve, Luis S. Marsano, Dipendra Parajuli, Matthew Cave, Craig J McClain
14. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseaseSamer Gawrieh
15. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Autoimmune HepatitisAlbert J. Czaja
16. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Primary Biliary CirrhosisAhmad H. Ali and Keith Lindor
17. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Primary Sclerosing CholangitisJose Franco
18. Autoimmune Liver Diseases: Overlap SyndromesAlbert J. Czaja<
19. Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: Alpha-1 Anti-Trypsin DeficiencyHelen Te
20. Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: HemochromatosisMatthew J. Stotts and Bruce R. Bacon
21. Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: Wilson DiseaseSyed Rahman and Kia Saeian
22. Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: Glycogen Storage DiseasesGrzegorz W. Telega
23. Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: Urea Cycle DefectsGrzegorz W. Telega
24. Metabolic and Genetic Liver Diseases: PorphyriasGrzegorz W. Telega
25. Drug-Induced Liver InjuryRaj Vuppalanchi
26. Miscellaneous Disorders: Pregnancy Associated Liver Disorders, Vascular Disorders, Granulomatous Disease, and AmyloidosisEric F. Martin
Part 3. Care of the Cirrhotic Patient
27. Portal HypertensionDouglas A. Simonetto and Vijay H. Shah
28. Endoscopic Management of Portal Hypertension Murad Abu Rajab
29. Portosystemic EncephalopathyJawaid Shaw and Jasmohan S. Bajaj
30. AscitesAdam J. Schiro
31. Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)Adam J. Schiro
32. Hepatorenal SyndromeMichael M. Yeboah33 Hepatopulmonary SyndromeRahul Sudhir Nanchal and Tessa Damm 34. Endoscopy and the Liver PatientAbdul H. Khan
35. Liver ResectionAmir H. Fathi and T. Clark Gamblin
36. Liver Transplantation: An OverviewJoohyun Kim and Johnny C. Hong