Hepatology – Diagnosis and Clinical Management

<p>Contributors, ix</p>
<p>Foreword, xii</p>
<p>Preface, xiv</p>
<p>Acknowledgements, xv</p>
<p>1 Clinical assessment of the adult patient with possible liver disease: history and physical examination, 1<br /> Eberhard L. Renner</p>
<p>2 Initial diagnosis, workup, and assessment of severity of liver disease in adults, 13<br /> Scott K. Fung</p>
<p>3 Pediatric liver disease: an approach to diagnosis and assessment of severity, 31<br /> Binita M. Kamath and Vicky L. Ng<br /> <br /> 4 Natural history of the cirrhotic patient, 45<br /> Jordan J. Feld</p>
<p>5 Management of complications of portal hypertension in adults and children: variceal hemorrhage, 63<br /> E. Jenny Heathcote, Simon Ling, and Binita M. Kamath</p>
<p>6 Management of ascites, 80<br /> David K.H. Wong</p>
<p>7 Masses in the liver, 93<br /> Morris Sherman</p>
<p>8 Chronic portosystemic encephalopathy and its management, 112<br /> Leslie B. Lilly and Binita M. Kamath</p>
<p>9 Indications for liver transplantation in adults and children, 119<br /> Nazia Selzner and Vicky L. Ng</p>
<p>10 Management of fulminant hepatic failure, 132<br /> Leslie B. Lilly</p>
<p>11 Management of the complications of liver transplantation, 142<br /> Eberhard L. Renner and Eve A. Roberts</p>
<p>12 Acute viral hepatitis in adults and children: hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, and others, 162<br /> Hemant A. Shah and Eve A. Roberts</p>
<p>13 Chronic viral hepatitis in adults and children: hepatitis B, 185<br /> Jordan J. Feld</p>
<p>14 Chronic viral hepatitis in adults and children: hepatitis C, 208<br /> Eberhard L. Renner and Eve A. Roberts</p>
<p>15 Liver disease due to alcohol, 226<br /> Nazia Selzner</p>
<p>16 Drug–induced liver disease, 235<br /> Leslie B. Lilly</p>
<p>17 Obesity and its hepatic complications in adults and children, 244<br /> E. Jenny Heathcote and Eve A. Roberts</p>
<p>18 HIV–associated liver diseases, 263<br /> David K.H. Wong</p>
<p>19 Autoimmune hepatitis in adults and children, 281<br /> Gideon M. Hirschfield</p>
<p>20 Chronic cholestatic liver disease and its management in adults and children, 297<br /> Gideon M. Hirschfi eld and Binita M. Kamath</p>
<p>21 Vascular diseases of the liver, 315<br /> Jordan J. Feld</p>
<p>22 Approach to metabolic and storage diseases, 329<br /> Hemant A. Shah and Eve A. Roberts</p>
<p>23 Wilson disease: when should you think of Wilson disease?, 352<br /> Eve A. Roberts and Gideon M. Hirschfield<br /> <br /> 24 Liver disease in pregnant women, 367<br /> E. Jenny Heathcote</p>
<p>25 Cystic disease of the liver, 383<br /> Morris Sherman</p>
<p>26 An internist s approach to radiologic examination of the liver, 396<br /> Anthony E. Hanbidge and Korosh Khalili</p>
<p>Index, 413</p>