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COMPREHENSIVE CLINICAL HEPATOLOGY
Comprehensive Clinical Hepatology
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Second Edition

By
Bruce Bacon, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine, Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
John O'Grady, MD, FRCPI, Consultant Hepatologist, Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK
Adrian DiBisceglie, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
John Lake, MD, Professor of Medicine and Surgery; Director, Liver Transplantation Program, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

Description
Authoritative and highly illustrated in full color, this comprehensive resource is the result of a joint effort of four experienced senior clinicians and educators. It focuses on the medical aspects of transplantation, offers an oasis of knowledge on key topics for clinical practice and examination, and discusses the newest developments in the field, including NASH and chronic viral hepatitis.

Contents


Section 1: Normal Structure and Function


Anatomy of the Normal Liver

Cellular Biology of the Normal Liver

Function of the Normal Liver



Section 2: Evaluation


Clinical Evaluation of the Patient with Liver Disease



Section 3: Signs and Symptoms


Jaundice

Gastrointestinal Hemorrahage and Portal Hypertension

Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis

Hepatorenal Syndrome and other Renal Diseases

Hepatic Encephalopathy

Associated Systemic Conditions of Liver Disease



Section 4: Treatment Techniques


Non-transpant Surgery and the Liver



Section 5: Diseases and Disorders


Viral Hepatitis A & E

Viral Hepatitis B & D

Hepatitis C & G

HIV and the Liver

Miscellaneous Infections of the Liver

Autoimmune Hepatitis

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

Primary Schlerosing Cholangitis

Alcoholic Liver Disease

Hemochromatosis

Wilson's Disease

Metabolic Diseases of the Liver

Benign Tumours and Cystic Diseases of the Liver

Malignant Tumours of the Liver

Biliary and Cholestatic Diseases

Vascular Diseases of the Liver

Drug- and Toxin-induced Liver Disease

Acute Liver Failure

Hepatobiliary Dysfunction in the Critically Ill

The Liver and Systemic Disease



Section 6: Considerations in Special Populations


Pregnancy and the Liver

Pediatric Liver Diseases



Section 7: Transplantation Hepatology


Indications and Patient Selection

The Transplant Operation

Immunology and Immunosuppression

Infective Complications

Graft Dysfunction

Retransplantation

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 744 pages, publication date: NOV-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03675-7
ISBN-10: 0-323-03675-9
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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