Title	Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts [electronic resource] : A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment / edited by George Y. Wu, Jonathan Israel
Imprint	Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1998
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1808-1
Descript	XIV, 442 p. online resource

In Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts, physicians George Wu and Jonathan Israel have created a concise guide to the diagnosis and treatment of liver disease. Authoritative and practical, their 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, you 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. Many clinical experts have collaborated to make Diseases of the Liver and Bile Ducts concise, easy-to-understand, and state-of-the-art. Its numerous diagrams, listings of key principles, and cost comparisons will clarify the often complex and bewildering array of conditions associated with liver and biliary tract diseases. Primary care physicians, medical students, and residents will find it the one definitive and indispensable guide to consult for rapid access to the latest diagnostic information and treatment options. [

I. General Clinical Features of Liver Disease -- 1 Signs and Symptoms of Liver Disease -- II. Approach to Screening for Liver Disease -- 2 Routine Screening Blood Tests for Liver Disease -- 3 Specific Diagnostic Blood Tests -- 4 True Liver Function Tests -- III. Imaging -- 5 Noninvasive Techniques for the Evaluation of Liver Diseases -- 6 Radiologic Interventions for Liver Disease -- IV. Hepatocellular Diseases -- 7 Hepatic Steatosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis -- 8 Self-Limited Viral Hepatitis: A, E, CMV, EBV -- 9 Acute and Chronic Hepatitis B and D -- 10 Hepatitis C and G -- 11 Autoimmune Hepatitis -- 12 Hepatocellular Carcinoma -- 13 Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity -- 14 Bilirubin Metabolism and Hyperbilirubinemia -- V. Biliary Diseases -- 15 Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis -- 16 Extrahepatic Cholestasis: Stones and Malignancies -- 17 Cholecystitis -- VI. Adult Genetic Liver Diseases -- 18 Genetic Hemochromatosis -- 19 Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism -- 20 Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency -- VII. Pediatric Liver Diseases -- 21 Wilsonโs Disease -- 22 Neonatal Jaundice: When Is it Physiologic? -- 23 Manifestations of Inherited Disorders of Bilirubin Glucuronidation During Infancy and Childhood -- 24 Neonatal Cholestasis -- 25 Other Common/Treatable Childhood Genetic Liver Disorders -- VIII. Women and Liver Diseases -- 26 Pregnancy and Liver Disease -- IX. Special Management Considerations -- 27 Ascites/Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis -- 28 Hepatic Encephalopathy -- 29 Portal Hypertension/GI Bleeding -- 30 Acute Hepatic Failure

1. Medicine
2. Gastroenterology
3. Medicine & Public Health
4. Gastroenterology