Description
Book SynopsisMount Sinai Expert Guides: Hepatology will provide gastroenterology and hepatology trainees with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major liver diseases and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management.
Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards andalso as a refresher for board exam preparation,the focus throughout is onproviding rapid reference, essential information on each disease to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information. All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features:
- An opening bottom-line/key points section
- Classification, pathogenesis andprevention of disease
- Evidence-based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient
- Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, when to perform surgery, management algorithms an
Trade Review
“If you're specialising in hepatology and require a concise, practical guide to the clinical management of liver disease, bought to you by one of world's leading hospitals, then this is the perfect book for you.” (Kingbook73's Medical Ebook and Video Collection, 1 September 2014)
Table of ContentsList of Contributors ix
Series Foreword xii
Preface xiii
Abbreviation List xiv
About the Companion Website xxi
Part 1: Hepatology
1 Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Liver Tests 3
Charissa Y. Chang
2 Approach to the Patient with Jaundice 13
Jawad Ahmad
3 Drug-Induced Liver Injury 23
Ponni V. Perumalswami
4 Hepatitis A and E 32
Ponni V. Perumalswami
5 Hepatitis B and D 41
Elizabeth A. Kula Donna J.C. Fanelli and Douglas T. Dieterich
6 Hepatitis C: Diagnosis Management and Treatment 58
Alicia C. Stivala Deepti Dronamraju and Douglas T. Dieterich
7 HIV/HCV and HIV/HBV Co-infections 78
Marie-Louise C. Vachon Alicia C. Stivala and Douglas T. Dieterich
8 Hepatic Abscess 96
Lawrence U. Liu Copyrighted Material
9 Biliary Infections 111
Gopi Patel
10 Alcoholic Hepatitis 120
Scott L. Friedman
11 Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 132
Charissa Y. Chang
12 Autoimmune Hepatitis and Overlap Syndromes 142
Joseph A. Odin
13 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis 151
Nancy Bach and Joseph A. Odin
14 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis 160
Nancy Bach and Joseph A. Odin
15 Hereditary Hemochromatosis 167
Jawad Ahmad
16 Wilson Disease 176
Joseph A. Odin Nancy Bach and Vivek Kesar
17 Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency 187
Joseph A. Odin and Vivek Kesar
18 Portal Hypertensive Bleeding 196
Jawad Ahmad
19 Ascites 209
Henryk Dancygier
20 Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 227
Henryk Dancygier
21 Hepatic Encephalopathy 235
Priya Grewal
22 Hepatorenal Syndrome 245
Henryk Dancygier
23 Hepatopulmonary Syndrome 255
Jawad Ahmad
24 Portopulmonary Hypertension 263
Jawad Ahmad
25 Pregnancy-Related Liver Disease 271
Priya Grewal
26 Acute Liver Failure 280
Meena B. Bansal
27 Budd–Chiari Syndrome 294
Leona Kim-Schluger
28 Portal Vein Thrombosis 301
Leona Kim-Schluger
29 Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension 308
M. Isabel Fiel and Thomas D. Schiano
30 Liver Lesions 317
James S. Park
31 Cystic Lesions of the Liver 325
Abdulelah Alhawsawi Juan P. Rocca and Marcelo E. Facciuto
32 Surgery in Patients with Liver Disease 334
Jawad Ahmad
33 Nutrition in Liver Diseases 344
James S. Park
Part 2: Pediatrics
34 Diagnosis and Management of Acute Liver Failure: A Pediatric Perspective 353
Tamir Miloh
35 Liver Function Tests in Childhood 365
Nanda Kerkar
36 Approach to Jaundice in Infancy 374
Jaime Chu
37 Management of End-Stage Liver Disease in Children 382
Ronen Arnon
38 Liver Transplantation: A Pediatric Perspective 394
Nanda Kerkar
Part 3: Transplantation
39 Evaluation of Patients for Liver Transplantation 407
Lawrence U. Liu
40 Live Donor Transplantation Evaluation 415
Lawrence U. Liu
41 Surgical Evaluation for Liver Transplantation 421
Hiroshi Sogawa
42 Post-Operative Care of The Liver Transplantation Patient 427
Alan G. Contreras Saldivar
43 Diagnostic Approach to Abnormal Liver Tests Following Liver Transplantation 436
Charissa Y. Chang
44 Acute Rejection 444
Costica Aloman
45 Chronic Rejection 453
Costica Aloman
46 Primary Non-Function 462
Eric G. Davis and Sander S. Florman
47 Ischemia Reperfusion Injury after Liver Transplantation 469
Matthew Y. Suh and Juan P. Rocca
48 Vascular Complications of Liver Transplantation 477
Eric G. Davis and Sander S. Florman
49 Biliary Complications after Liver Transplantation 486
Marie E. Le and Marcelo E. Facciuto
50 Approach to Prophylaxis and Management of Infections after Liver Transplantation 494
Shirish Huprikar
51 Malignancy after Liver Transplantation 504
Lawrence U. Liu
52 Hepatitis C Post-Liver Transplantation 512
Thomas D. Schiano and M. Isabel Fiel
53 Recurrent Disease Post-Liver Transplantation: Autoimmune Diseases Hepatitis B and NASH 521
Thomas D. Schiano
54 Health Maintenance after Liver Transplantation 530
Lawrence U. Liu
Index 538
