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Consultations in Liver Disease, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
- 1st Edition, Volume 27-1 - November 18, 2022
- Editor: Steven L. Flamm
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 1 3 2 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 1 3 3 - 2
In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Steven L. Flamm brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Updates in Consultations in Liver Disease. Many… Read more
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Request a sales quoteIn this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Steven L. Flamm brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Updates in Consultations in Liver Disease. Many disease entities are uncommon and complicated in scope, and liver disease may occur in the setting of other chronic medical conditions and involve other organ systems. In this issue, top experts provide a up-to-date framework for approaching consultation for common liver-related problems for the gastroenterology and hepatology practitioner.
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Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including clinical pearls in evaluation and treatment of patients with liver disease; evaluation of patients with markedly elevated liver enzymes; evaluation of liver disease in pregnancy; COVID and implications on the liver; and more.
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Provides in-depth clinical reviews on consultations in liver disease, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.
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Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.
Hepatologists
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Evaluation of the Patient with Markedly Abnormal Liver Enzymes
- Key points
- Introduction
- Causes of markedly abnormal liver enzymes
- Causes of mild to moderate liver enzyme abnormalities
- Evaluation of abnormal liver enzymes
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Chronic Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis D Virus: New Developments
- Key points
- Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus
- Vaccination for hepatitis B virus
- Treatment guidelines for chronic hepatitis B
- Preferred therapies for hepatitis B virus
- New hepatitis B virus therapies on the horizon
- Coinfection and superinfection with hepatitis D
- Clinics care points
- Coronavirus Disease-2019 and Implications on the Liver
- Key points
- Introduction
- Effects of coronavirus disease-2019 on the liver
- Alcohol-related liver disease and the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic
- Coronavirus disease-2019 outcomes in liver disease
- Management of chronic liver disease during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic
- Coronavirus disease-2019 vaccination
- Liver transplantation and coronavirus disease-2019
- Summary
- clinics care points
- Pruritus in Chronic Liver Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology/Cause
- Risk factors
- Evaluation
- Management strategies
- Summary
- Disclosure
- Clinics care points
- Renal Insufficiency in Patients with Cirrhosis
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology and definitions
- Pathophysiology of hepatorenal syndrome
- Differential diagnosis
- Role of biomarkers
- Risk factors and prevention
- Management
- Vasoconstrictors
- Albumin
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt
- Renal replacement therapy
- Liver transplantation
- Emerging treatments
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Portopulmonary Hypertension
- Key points
- Introduction
- Definition
- Clinics care points
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma: New Developments
- Key points
- Introduction
- Detection and diagnosis
- Staging
- Treatment
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Evaluation of an Abnormal Liver Panel After Liver Transplantation
- Key points
- Introduction
- Differential Diagnosis
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Noninvasive Fibrosis Testing in Chronic Liver Disease Including Caveats
- Key points
- Introduction to liver fibrosis assessment
- Overview of tests of liver fibrosis
- Advantages and disadvantages of assessment options
- Important caveats when considering diagnostic strategy
- Summary and recommendations
- Clinics care points
- Evaluation of Liver Disease in Pregnancy
- Key points
- Diagnostic approach to liver disease in pregnancy
- Liver diseases unique to pregnancy
- Chronic liver disease in pregnancy
- Liver disease coincidental to pregnancy
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Including New Developments
- Key points
- Introduction
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 27-1
- Published: November 18, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323961325
- eBook ISBN: 9780323961332
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Steven L. Flamm
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Affiliations and expertise
Liver Transplantation, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine