Practical Management of Liver Diseases
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-68489-7 (ISBN)
An essential resource for the day-to-day management of patients with liver disease and its complications. Covering conditions commonly seen in practice, such as hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, auto-immune disease, and a host of other hepatic problems, this book provides a practical reference for clinicians and trainees involved in the care of patients with diseases of the liver. Each chapter is written by an international expert in the field of hepatology and presents an evidence-based review of the disease or problem with a systematic approach to diagnosis and management. It provides clear illustrations, algorithms, and tables for easy access to key information. Practical Management of Liver Diseases will help to ensure that healthcare professionals are up to date on recent advances to detect and treat these diseases rapidly and efficiently for maximum patient benefit.
Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, is the Executive Director of Research for Inova Health System and the Executive Director of the Center for Liver Diseases at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Annandale, VA. He is also Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Inova Campus and Affiliate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at George Mason University. Dr Younossi has authored over 150 articles and presented more than 150 abstracts at international meetings. He sits on multiple local and national committees and has served on the editorial boards of Hepatology and World Journal of Gastroenterology and served as the associate editor of Liver International and Evidence-Based Gastroenterology. Over the past decade, Dr Younossi has been actively involved with the American Liver Foundation, as well as multiple committees of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and American College of Gastroenterology. He is a sought-after speaker who frequently speaks as faculty in major international scientific meetings.
1. Acute viral hepatitis Janus P. Ong; 2. Chronic hepatitis B and D Dimitrios Vassilopoulos and Stephanos Hadziyannis; 3. Chronic hepatitis C Sam Galhenage and John G. McHutchison; 4. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Poonam Mishra, Nila Rafiq and Zobair M. Younossi; 5. Alcoholic liver disease Robert O'Shea, Srinivasan Dasarathy and Arthur J. McCullough; 6. Genetic hemochromatosis and iron overload Bruce R. Bacon; 7. Wilson's disease Jamile Wakim-Fleming and Kevin D. Mullen; 8. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and the liver Steven D. Nathan and James K. Stoller; 9. Auto immune liver disease Andrea A. Gossard and Keith D. Lindor; 10. Drug induced liver disease Julie Polson and Naga Chalasani; 11. HIV and viral hepatitis Mark S. Sulkowski; 12. Benign and malignant tumors of the liver Morris Sherman; 13. Complications of cirrhosis Jorge L. Herrera; 14. Liver transplantation Robert L. Carithers; 15. Novel technologies in studying chronic liver diseases Ancha Baranova, Emmanuel Petricoin, Lance Liotta and Zobair M. Younossi.
| Zusatzinfo | 71 Tables, unspecified; 4 Plates, color; 1 Halftones, unspecified |
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| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 183 x 262 mm |
| Gewicht | 890 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Gastroenterologie |
| Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hepatologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-521-68489-7 / 0521684897 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-521-68489-7 / 9780521684897 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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