Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts

A concise, practical guide to the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease. Authoritative and practical, this important new book not only spells out the advantages and limitations of the latest diagnostic tests, but also provides numerous algorithms for evaluating patients and treating the liver problems commonly encountered by primary care physicians. Here, too, the reader will find described the nuances of serological tests for the detection of viral infections and how best to use invasive and noninvasive radiological tests in specific circumstances. Common complications are fully discussed and detailed practical information is given on how to recognize the patient's immediate problems and deal with them effectively. This book's numerous diagrams, clinical "pearls", and cost comparisons will clarify the often complex and bewildering array of conditions associated with liver disease and make it a definitive and indispensable guide for primary care physicians, medical students, and residents.

ISBN 0896034313   Pages 456 ISBN13 9780896034310 (What's this?)   Volumes 000 Publisher Humana Press Inc.   Weight (grammes) 1011 Imprint Humana Press Inc.   Published in Totowa, NJ Format Hardback   Series title Current Clinical Practice Publication date 14 Jul 1998   Height (mm) 254 Library of Congress 98-23699   Width (mm) 178 DEWEY 616.362   Spine width (mm) 25 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate

		Foreword
		Preface
		Contributors
1		Signs and Symptoms of Liver Disease by Khalid Aziz and Jonathan Israel		3
2		Routine Screening Blood Tests for Liver Disease by Shabbir Chaiwala and George Y. Wu		17
3		Specific Diagnostic Blood Tests by Shabbir Chaiwala and George Y. Wu		27
4		True Liver Function Tests by Shabbir Chaiwala and George Y. Wu		43
5		Noninvasive Techniques for the Evaluation of Liver Diseases by Jeff Fidler and David Stark		51
6		Radiologic Interventions for Liver Disease by Harry H. Chen		67
7		Hepatic Steatosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis by Mark R. Versland		87
8		Self-Limited Viral Hepatitis: A, E, CMV, EBV by Enrique J. Martinez and Lennox Jeffers		103
9		Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B and D by Steven A. Rogers and T. Jake Liang		121
10		Hepatitis C and G by Gabu Bhardwaj and Gary L. Davis and Johnson Y. N. Lau		131
11		Autoimmune Hepatitis by F. Wilson Jackson and Raymond A. Rubin		145
12		Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Thomas J. Devers		153
13		Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity by Thomas C. Li and Mark R. Versland and George Y. Wu		163
14		Bilirubin Metabolism and Hyperbilirubinemia by Yaron Ilan and Namita Roy Chowdhury and Jayanta Roy Chowdhury		191
15		Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis by Edward P. Toffolon		209
16		Extrahepatic Cholestasis: Stones and Malignancies by Matthew Estill and Salam F. Zakko		217
17		Cholecystitis by Douglas Robertson and Salam F. Zakko		229
18		Genetic Hemochromatosis by Michael L. Schilsky and Irmin Sternlieb		241
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"It is a well-constructed manual for medical students and general practitioners, presenting only the material that is necessary for diagnosis and treatment of patients with common liver and biliary disorders. The editors have selected leading experts from various medical centers to write the specific chapters of the book, thereby assuring high quality...All parts are well illustrated with figures, tables, schemes, and other information sources. Each part ends with a summary and in many cases with an additional conclusion...Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts is highly recommended for medical libraries, primary care physicians of internal medicine, medical students and head nurses."-Michael Barany, Phd, review in E-Streams

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