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: 2020-08-06

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0323710697

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In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Steven Flamm has put together another great update for the hepatology consult. Articles are submitted by expert author and in the format of the clinical review article, provide timely data for diagnosis and treatment. Specific areas addressed include the following: Management of esophageal and gastric varices; Severe thrombocytopenia in chronic liver disease and new management approaches; Pathology in chronic liver disease; Alpha 1 antitrypsin disease and chronic liver disease in adults; Evaluation of management of Budd-Chiari; HBV reactivation with immunosuppressive therapy; Homeopathic products and hepatotoxicity; New uses of TIPS; Dermatologic manifestations of chronic liver disease; Acute on chronic liver failure; Cholangiocarcinoma; Diagnosis and management of hepatic adenoma and focal nodular hyperplasia; Emerging data about the microbiome in chronic liver disease; and Acute viral hepatitis aside from HAV, HBV, and HCV. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve patient outcomes.

Consultations in Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
Consultations in Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Author: Steven L. Flamm

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0323548865

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Consultations of Gastroenterology practitioners are frequently sought for many complex issues relating to acute and chronic liver disease. Many of the disease entities are uncommon and complicated in scope. Liver disease may occur in the setting of other chronic medical conditions and involve other organ systems, with recommendations for diagnostic strategies and therapeutic approaches somewhat challenging. Serious consequences are often the rule with misdiagnosed or inadequately treated liver disease. Dr. Flamm has provided a framework for approaching consultation for common liver-related problems for the gastroenterology practitioner. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Common Findings and Interpretation for the Clinician; Genetic Testing in Liver Disease: What to Order and When; Acute Liver Failure; Liver Disease in Oncology Patients; Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: What the Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist Needs to Know; An Update on the Treatment and Follow up of Patients with PBC; Wilson’s Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow Up; Follow Up of the Post-Liver Transplantation Patient: A Primer for the Practicing Gastroenterologist; Liver Disease in Patients on Total Parenteral Nutrition; Treatment Strategies in NAFLD: What’s Coming; Resistance Testing in Chronic HCV; and HCV genotype 3: Treatment Approach and Natural History.

Complications of Cirrhosis
Complications of Cirrhosis

Author: Andrew P. Keaveny

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-04-08

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 3319136143

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This volume presents a concise yet comprehensive overview on all facets concerning the complications of cirrhosis. Structured in three sections, the book reviews the natural history of cirrhosis, the diagnostic and predictive tools available to assess the disease, complications, and treatment options such as liver assist devices and transplantation. Topical concerns in the management of patients with cirrhosis are also addressed, including issues pertaining to the delivery of quality care in this patient population. Written by experts in their fields, Complications of Cirrhosis: Evaluation and Management serves as a valuable resource for practitioners and physicians-in-training on the subject of cirrhosis.

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.

Approach to Consultations for Patients with Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
Approach to Consultations for Patients with Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Author: Steven L. Flamm

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-05-28

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1455744131

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With very much success in 2009, this topic is being updated again in 2012. Dr. Flamm has invited a group of distinguished hepatologists to provide insight into the assessment of a variety of scenarios where clinical judgment based on experience and published literature is an invaluable addition to the care of individual patients. Articles included in the issue address the following topics: Evaluatio of Elevated Liver Enzymes and Abnormal Liver Panel; Evaluation of Liver Lesions; Chronic HCV; Evaluation of Hepatic Cholestasis; Chronic HBV; Ascites; Fatty Liver; Pruritus in the patient with chronic cholestatic liver disease; Is the patient a candidate for liver transplantation; Care of the cirrhotic patient; Abnormal liver panel in pregnancy; Surgical clearance for the patient with chronic liver disease; Granulomatous Liver Disease; Drug Induced Liver Disease; and Hepatic Encephalopathy.

Acute Liver Failure, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
Acute Liver Failure, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Author: Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2018-04-13

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 032358361X

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Dr. Pyrsopoulos has assembled the top authors in the field to provide current reviews on acute liver failure, to be the first time this topic is addressed in one volume. Topics are devoted to Classification and Epidemiologic Aspects of Acute Liver Failure; Acute Liver Failure: Mechanisms of disease and multi-systemic involvement; The Pathology of Acute Liver Failure; Liver Regeneration in the Acute Liver Failure Patient; Viral Hepatitis and Acute Liver Failure: Still a Problem; Drug- induced Liver Injury and Acute Liver Failure; Acetaminophen and Acute Liver Failure; Non-Viral Or Drug-Induced Etiologies of Acute Liver Failure; The Clinical Spectrum and Manifestations of Acute Liver Failure; Non ICU Management of Acute Liver Failure; Management of Acute Liver Failure in the ICU Setting; Prognostic Models of Acute Liver Failure; The Role of Liver Transplantation in Acute Liver Failure; and Future Approaches and Therapeutic Modalities for Acute Liver Failure. Readers will come away with a current point of view about how to approach and manage the patient with acute liver failure.

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.

Primary Biliary Cholangitis, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
Primary Biliary Cholangitis, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Author: Elizabeth J Carey

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2018-07-13

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 0323613950

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The Guest Editors have put together an issue of clinical reviews that provides the most current look at PBC. Authors, all experts in their respective areas, have submitted articles in the following areas: Changes in epidemiology of PBC; Genetic and epigenetics in PBC; Role of bile acids and the bicarbonate umbrella in the pathogenesis of PBC; Current treatment options in PBC; Work in progress: Drugs in development; Natural history of PBC in the UDCA era: Role of scoring systems; Treatment of Pruritus: Tricks of the trade; Chronic complications of cholestasis: Work-up and Management; Individualizing care: Management beyond medical therapy; Role of liver biopsy: When to do, how to stage; AMA-negative PBC: Is it really the same as AMA-positive PBC?; New thoughts on Overlap syndrome with auto-immune hepatitis; and Current status of liver transplantation for PBC.

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Author: Arun J. Sanyal

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2012-08-28

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 145574736X

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Dr. Sanyal's expertise as Chairman of the Division of Hepatology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the breadth of his published articles in hepatology make him the perfect person to compile state-of-the-art reviews on the topic of NASH/fatty liver. The articles in this issue address the following topics: The Genetic Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Relevance of Liver Histology to Predict Clinically Meaningful Outcomes in NASH; Mechanisms of Simple Hepatic Steatosis; Cellular and Molecular Basis for Phenotype of Steatohepatitis; Mechanisms of Disease Progression in NASH: New Paradigms; Can NASH Be Diagnosed, Graded and Staged Non-Invasively?; Is NAFLD in Children the Same Disease as in Adults?; The Cardiovascular Link to NAFLD: A Critical Analysis; Impact of Behavioral Disturbances and Their Treatment on Obesity and NAFLD; and Management of NASH.

The Liver and Renal Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
The Liver and Renal Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

Author: David Bernstein

Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences

Published: 2022-05-02

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0323897592

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In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. David Bernstein brings his considerable expertise to the topic of The Liver and Renal Disease. The presence of liver disease in patients with chronic renal disease makes the management of both conditions more challenging. In this issue, top experts in the field address many aspects of the treatment and management of these co-existing conditions. - Contains 13 relevant, practice-oriented topics including hyponatremia in cirrhosis; pathophysiology of hepatorenal syndrome; definitions, diagnosis, and management of hepatorenal syndrome; renal replacement therapy in patients with acute liver failure and end-stage cirrhosis awaiting liver transplant; simultaneous liver/kidney transplantation; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on the liver and renal 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.