Cirrhosis

A Practical Guide to Management

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

Cirrhosis: a practical guide to management provides gastroenterologists and hepatologists with an up-to-date clinical guide presenting the very best evidence-based practice in the diagnosis, treatment and management of liver cirrhosis and its many complications. Designed to offer practical guidance at all times, it provides doctors with an extremely useful tool in the clinical setting, with each chapter featuring diagnostic/management algorithms, key points and other pedagogic features. Divided into 2 parts, a diagnosis and pathophysiology section and a management of complications section, key topics include: - Diagnostic laboratory tests- Diagnostic imaging modalities- Acute-on chronic liver failure- Agents and drugs to avoid- End stage liver failure: liver transplant evaluation- Hepatocellular carcinoma Aimed at the specialist, as well as the practicing trainee at the top-end of specialty training, the emphasis throughout is on providing optimum clinical management guidance most relevant to practicing hepatologists and gastroenterologists, and is an invaluable guide to this increasingly common condition.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-03-27
Mått:196 x 254 x 22 mm
Vikt:807 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781118274828

Utforska kategorier

Hepatologi inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Samuel S. Lee, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Head, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Canada. Sam Lee is one of the world’s leading lights on cirrhosis and is editor-in-chief of the Wiley journal Liver International, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver.Richard Moreau, MD, Head and Director of Research at the National Institute of Health (Inserm), Paris, France.

Innehållsförteckning

List of contributors viiForeword xiList of abbreviations xiiiPart 1: Diagnosis and pathophysiology1 Clinical clues to the diagnosis of cirrhosis 3Y.K. Chawla and Vijay Bodh2 Diagnostic laboratory tests 12Ying-Ying Yang and Han-Chieh Lin3 Diagnostic imaging modalities 21Soon Koo Baik Moon Young Kim and Woo Kyoung Jeong4 Histology/pathology 35Valérie Paradis5 Fibrosis and fibrogenesis 46Namiki Izumi Nobuharu Tamaki Yasuhiro Asahina and Masayuki Kurosaki6 Non-invasive diagnosis tests 53Laurent Castera7 Evaluating prognosis 63Sumeet K. Asrani and Patrick S. Kamath8 End-stage liver failure: liver transplant evaluation 75Sebastián Marciano and Adrián GadanoPart 2: Complications of cirrhosis9 Acute-on-chronic liver failure 87Danielle Adebayo Vincenzo Morabito and Rajiv Jalan10 Hepatocellular carcinoma 94Kwang-Hyub Han and Do Young Kim11 Hepatic encephalopathy 105Piero Amodio12 Malnutrition and nutritional support 124Jian-Gao Fan and Hai-Xia Cao13 Varices portal hypertensive gastropathy and GAVE 137Isabelle Colle Xavier Verhelst Anja Geerts and Hans Van Vlierberghe14 Ascites 151Andrés Cárdenas Isabel Graupera and Pere Ginès15 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and other infections 164Thierry Gustot and Richard Moreau16 Hepatorenal syndrome and acute kidney injury 175Florence Wong17 The hepatopulmonary syndrome 189Moises Ilan Nevah Rubin and Michael B. Fallon18 Hyponatremia and other electrolyte/ion disorders 199Salvatore Piano Filippo Morando and Paolo Angeli19 Portopulmonary hypertension 212Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba and Michael J. Krowka20 Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy 225Hongqun Liu and Samuel S. Lee21 Adrenal insufficiency 236Emily Dannhorn and James O’Beirne22 Coagulopathy and clotting disorders 249Marco Senzolo and A.K. Burroughs23 Agents and drugs: precautions in patients with cirrhosis 261Felix Stickel24 Changing outcomes with antiviral or antifibrotic therapies 274Gamal Esmat and Maissa El Raziky25 Bone disorders 283Jane Collier26 Pruritus 291Nora V. Bergasa27 Quality of life and symptom management 301Ayman A. Abdo and Faisal M. Sanai28 Special considerations in children 311Alejandro Costaguta and Fernando AlvarezIndex 323