Main description:

A concise, practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease. Authoritative and practical, this important new book not only spells out the advantages and limitations of the latest diagnostic tests, but also provides numerous algorithms for evaluating patients and treating the liver problems commonly encountered by primary care physicians. Here, too, the reader will find described the nuances of serological tests for the detection of viral infections and how best to use invasive and noninvasive radiological tests in specific circumstances. Common complications are fully discussed and detailed practical information is given on how to recognize the patient's immediate problems and deal with them effectively. This book's numerous diagrams, clinical "pearls", and cost comparisons will clarify the often complex and bewildering array of conditions associated with liver disease and make it a definitive and indispensable guide for primary care physicians, medical students, and residents.

Contents:

Part I. General Clinical Features of Liver Disease. Signs and Symptoms of Liver Disease, Khalid Aziz and Jonathan Israel. Part II. Approach to Screening for Liver Disease. Routine Screening Blood Tests for Liver Disease, Shabbir Chaiwala and George Y. Wu. Specific Diagnostic Blood Tests, Shabbir Chaiwala and George Y. Wu. True Liver Function Tests, Shabbir Chaiwala and George Y. Wu. Part III. Imaging. Noninvasive Techniques for the Evaluation of Liver Diseases, Jeff Fidler and David Stark. Radiologic Interventions for Liver Disease,Harry H. Chen. Part IV. Hepatocellular Diseases. Hepatic Steatosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis, Mark R. Versland. Self-Limited Viral Hepatitis: A, E, CMV, EBV, Enrique J. Martinez and Lennox Jeffers. Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B and D 121, Steven A. Rogers and T. Jake Liang. Hepatitis C and G 131, Gabu Bhardwaj, Gary L. Davis, and Johnson Y. N. Lau . Autoimmune Hepatitis, F. Wilson Jackson and Raymond A. Rubin. Hepatocellular Carcinoma , Thomas J. Devers. Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity, Thomas C. Li, Mark R. Versland, and George Y. Wu. Bilirubin Metabolism and Hyperbilirubinemia, Yaron Ilan, Namita Roy Chowdhury, and Jayanta Roy Chowdhury. Part V. Biliary Diseases. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Edward P. Toffolon. Extrahepatic Cholestasis: Stones and Malignancies., Matthew Estill and Salam F. Zakko. Cholecystitis, Douglas Robertson and Salam F. Zakko. Part VI. Adult Genetic Liver Diseases. Genetic Hemochromatosis, Michael L. Schilsky and Irmin Sternlieb. Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism, Martin Hahn and Herbert L. Bonkovsky. Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency, Steven K. Herrine and Mark A. Zern. Part VII. Pediatric Liver Diseases. Wilsonis Disease, Michael L. Schilsky and Irmin Sternlieb. Neonatal Jaundice: When Is it Physiologic? Christopher J. Justinich and Jeffrey S. Hyams. Manifestations of Inherited Disorders of Bilirubin
Glucuronidation During Infancy and Childhood,Namita Roy Chowdhury, Yaron Ilan, and Jayanta Roy Chowdhury. Neonatal Cholestasis, Colston F. McEvoy and Frederick J. Suchy. Other Common/Treatable Childhood Genetic Liver Disorders, Janna C. Collins. Part VIII. Women and Liver Diseases. Pregnancy and Liver Disease, Francis Ruiz and Caroline A. Riely. Part IX. Special Management Considerations. Ascites/Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis, William H. Ramsey. Hepatic Encephalopathy, Karen K. Kormis and George Y. Wu. Portal Hypertension/GI Bleeding, Maram Zakko and Roberto Groszmann. Acute Hepatic Failure, Kiran Sachdev and Jonathan Israel. Index.