Handbook of liver disease: expert consult - online and print

Now in full-colour throughout, the only Handbook of Liver Diseases available gives you comprehensive information on the all significant liver diseases. Theoutline format ensures that you get more reliable information by reading fewer words than ever before in Hepatology. Key information is clearly marked throughout and alert symbols are placed in the text to draw your attention to information that is critical to your patient's welfare. Exquisite colour illustrations, informative colour tables and selected, essential references support thetext. Key points are listed at the beginning of each chapter and many new illustrations have been added.The text is written by an International Who's Who of Hepatology so that you can absolutely depend upon the information within. The text has been produced on an exceptionally short schedule to ensure that allthe material within is absolutely current.This text is an ideal clinical reference for the busy Gastroenterologist, the Gastroenterologist in training, theInternist and even the Medical Student. INDICE: 1. Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies2. Acute liver failure 3. Acute viral hepatitis 4. Chronic viral hepatitis5. Autoimmune hepatitis6. Alcoholic liver disease7. Fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis8. Drug-induced and toxic liver disease 9. Cirrhosis and portal hypertension: an overview 10. Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding 11. Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis 12. Hepatorenal syndrome 13. Hepatic encephalopathy 14. Primary biliary cirrhosis 15. Primary sclerosing cholangitis16. Hemochromatosis 17. Wilson's disease and related disorders 18. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and other metabolic liver diseases19. Budd-Chiari syndrome and other vascular disorders 20. The liver in heart failure 21. The liver inpregnancy 22. The liver in systemic disease 23. Pediatric liver disease24. Liver disease in the elderly25. HIV and the liver26. Granulomatous liver disease27. Hepatic tumours 28. Hepatic abscesses and cysts 29. Other infections involving the liver30. Surgery in the patient with liver disease and postoperative jaundice 31. Liver transplantation 32. Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis33. Diseases of the bile ducts 34. Tumors of the biliary tract

• ISBN: 978-1-4377-1725-9
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 512
• Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés