Primary Biliary Cholangitis , An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Primary Biliary Cholangitis , An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: Binu V. John

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2022-10-21

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0323972950

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In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. John V. Binu brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Primary Biliary Cholangitis. PBC leads to inflammation and scarring of the small bile ducts, and, if untreated, can lead to cirrhosis and liver failure. In this issue, top experts provide a state-of-the-art review of diagnosis and treatment for this chronic, progressive liver disorder. - Contains 13 practice-oriented topics including genetics of primary biliary cholangitis; prognostic scoring systems in PBC; overlap syndromes and PBC; non-invasive evaluation of fibrosis and portal hypertension in PBC; treatment of PBC: first- and second-line therapies; novel therapies for PBC; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on primary biliary cholangitis, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Pediatric Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Pediatric Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: Philip Rosenthal

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2022-08-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 032389755X

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In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic.Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice. Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create these timely topic-based reviews.

AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES: AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS, PBC, AND PSC, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES: AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS, PBC, AND PSC, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: David Bernstein

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 044312146X

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In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. David E. Bernstein brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Autoimmune Hepatitis Including PBC and PSC. The three main immune disorders that involve the liver are AIH, primary biliary cholangitis, and primary sclerosing cholangitis. As these autoimmune diseases can share symptoms, it is important for the hepatologist to have clinical knowledge of each and understand their differences and similarities. This issue addresses these variants and provides the reader with important information relating to pathology, diagnosis, and treatment. - Contains 15 relevant, practice-oriented topics including autoimmune hepatitis: epidemiology, subtypes, and presentation; diagnosis of autoimmune hepatitis; treatment of autoimmune hepatitis including transplant; diagnostic tests in primary sclerosing cholangitis: serology, elastography, imaging; post-transplant management and complications of AIH, PBC, and PSC, including disease recurrence; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on autoimmune hepatitis, including PBC and PSC, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Complications of Cirrhosis, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Complications of Cirrhosis, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: Andres Cardenas

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2021-04-14

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 0323793886

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In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Guest Editors Drs. Andres Cardenas and Thomas Reiberger have created an up-to-date monograph on the complications of cirrhosis. They have secured top experts to contribute clinical review articles on the following topics: Non-invasive Detection of CSPH in cACLD; Prevention of First Decompensation in ACLD; Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding in 2020: When to Use TIPS; Prevention of Variceal Bleeding and Rebleeding by NSBB: A Tailored Approach; The Role of Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient (HVPG); Measurement in the Management of Cirrhosis; Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis as a Cause or Consequence of Decompensation; Nutrition in Chronic Liver Disease; Diagnosis and Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy; Discriminating Acute Decompensation from Acute-on-Chronic Liver; Management of Severe and Refractory Ascites; Monitoring Renal Function and Therapy of HRS patients with Cirrhosis; Coagulopathy in Cirrhosis; and Current Concepts of Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy. Hepatologists will come away with the information they need to manage these patients.

Liver Transplantation, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Liver Transplantation, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: David Goldberg

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 032379193X

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With collaboration from Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin Dr. Goldberg has assembled a state-of-the-art issue devoted to management of liver transplant patients. Expert authors have contributed current clinical reviews that covers the breadth of the pre- and post-surgical journey. Articles are specifically devoted to the following topics: Obesity management of liver transplant waitlist candidates and recipients; Expanding the limits of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma: Is there a limit; Frailty and sarcopenia in patients pre- and post-liver transplant; Achieving tolerance in liver transplantation: Where are we now and what does the future hold; Expanding role of donation after cardiac death donors; Optimizing selection of patients for simultaneous liver-kidney transplant; Keeping the patient with end-stage liver disease alive while awaiting transplant: Management of complications of portal hypertension; Expanding donor selection and recipient indications for living donor liver transplantation; The changing liver transplant recipient: From hepatitis C to NASH and alcohol; Cardiovascular risk stratification in liver transplant candidates; The role of machine perfusion in liver transplantation: Warm, Cold, or does it not matter; Paradigm shift in utilization of livers from hepatitis C-viremic donors into HCV-negative patients; Transplantation of elderly patients: Is there an upper age cutoff; Transplantation for acute alcoholic hepatitis: Controversies and early successes. Hepatologists will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in liver transplant patients.

Consultations in Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Consultations in Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: Steven L. Flamm

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2022-11-18

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0323961339

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In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Steven L. Flamm brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Updates in Consultations in Liver Disease. Many disease entities are uncommon and complicated in scope, and liver disease may occur in the setting of other chronic medical conditions and involve other organ systems. In this issue, top experts provide a up-to-date framework for approaching consultation for common liver-related problems for the gastroenterology and hepatology practitioner. - Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including clinical pearls in evaluation and treatment of patients with liver disease; evaluation of patients with markedly elevated liver enzymes; evaluation of liver disease in pregnancy; COVID and implications on the liver; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on consultations in liver disease, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Drug Hepatotoxicity,An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Drug Hepatotoxicity,An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: Pierre Gholam

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2019-12-03

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0323708587

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In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Pierre Gholam has put together topics that provide a current clinical update on the treatment and management of patients with drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: Epidemiology, Predisposing Factors and Outcomes; Genetic Predisposition to DILI; Causality Assessment Frequent Offenders and Patterns of Injury; Quantitative Systems Toxicology Approaches to Understand and Predict DILI; Liver Histology: Diagnostic and Prognostic Features; Acute Liver Failure Secondary to DILI; DILI in Persons with Pre-existing Chronic Liver Disease; DILI in the Setting of Statin Use; DILI in the Setting of Analgesic Use; DILI Secondary to Herbals and Dietary Supplements; and DILI Reporting and Resources for the Clinician. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in patients with DILI.

Portal Hypertension And Its Complications, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Portal Hypertension And Its Complications, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: Pierre Gholam

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2024-07-03

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0443130582

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In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Pierre M. Gholam brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Portal Hypertension and Its Complications. Portal hypertension is often one of the major complications seen in advanced liver disease. Patients can be asymptomatic for years and considered compensated. How to manage patients prior to the point of hepatic decompensation is of utmost importance, due to the impact on life expectancy and quality. The timely clinical reviews in this issue will help hepatologists manage these patients and improve outcomes. - Contains 12 relevant, practice-oriented topics including non-invasive assessment of portal hypertension; radiological and surgical treatments of portal hypertension; bleeding complications of portal hypertension; cognitive issues and portal hypertension; surgical considerations in portal hypertension; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on portal hypertension and its complications, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, E-Book

Author: Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2023-06-29

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 032394034X

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In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure. Recent studies indicate that as many as one in four patients with cirrhosis develop acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and 25% die within one month. This issue, the first devoted to this topic, provides thorough coverage of critical clinical interventions, including diagnosis, treatment, and management. It also focuses on early recognition of ACLF, which is important for the initiation of aggressive management and ultimately, saving lives. - Contains 17 practice-oriented topics including ACLF: mechanisms of disease and multisystemic involvement; the clinical spectrum and manifestations of ACLF; management of ACLF; maximizing the donor potential for patients with ACLF Listed for Liver Transplant; future approaches and therapeutic modalities for ACLF; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews of acute-on-chronic liver failure, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Liver Diseases, An Issue of Medical Clinics, E-Book
Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Liver Diseases, An Issue of Medical Clinics, E-Book

Author: Anne M. Larson

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2014-01-28

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 0323287131

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Chronic liver diseases progressively destruct liver tissue, leading to fibrosis and cirrhosis. Liver diseases can be caused by viral, autoimmune, or toxic (drugs/alcohol). Most conditions can be managed pharmacologically for indefinite periods of time. The articles in this issue will review best practices for managing and treating patients who present with these chronic problems, like hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver, end stage liver disease, and drug-induced injuries.