Hepatology: (Mount Sinai Expert Guides)

Mount 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 and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing 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 and prevention 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 and how to prevent complications - How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly - The very latest evidence-based results, major society guidelines (AASLD/EASL) and key external sources to consult In addition, the book comes with a companion website housing extra features such as case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes.  Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be. 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. This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes, Google Play or the MedHand Store.

Table of Contents:
List 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

About the Author :
Edited by Jawad Ahmad MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Scott L. Friedman MD, Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Henryk Dancygier MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Chair, Departments of Medicine II and IV, Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount  Sinai, New York, NY, USA Series Editor Scott L. Friedman MD, Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

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)