The Evolving Role of Therapeutic Endoscopy in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
- 1st Edition, Volume 26-1 - November 25, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Andres F. Carrion
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 4 8 8 2 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 4 8 8 3 - 1
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Forthcoming Issues
- Preface
- Management of Thrombocytopenia and Coagulopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease Undergoing Therapeutic Endoscopic Interventions
- Key points
- The biology of hemostasis in patients with cirrhosis
- Tests to measure coagulation status in patients with cirrhosis
- Global assessments of hemostasis in patients with cirrhosis
- Patient-related factors that influence bleeding risk in patients with cirrhosis
- Bleeding risk of endoscopic procedures
- Efficacy of threshold-based transfusion strategies in patients with cirrhosis
- Recommendations of professional societies
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Polypectomy, Endoscopic Mucosal Resection, and Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection in the Cirrhotic Population
- Key points
- Introduction
- Indications for endoscopic resection
- Outcomes of endoscopic resection techniques
- Adverse events of endoscopic resection in the general population
- Outcomes of polypectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection, and endoscopic submucosal dissection in patients with cirrhosis
- Adverse events in the upper gastrointestinal tract
- Endoscopic resection in cirrhotic patients from the authors' perspective
- Disclosure
- Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Varices
- Key points
- Introduction
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Diagnosis and risk stratification
- Prevention of first esophageal variceal hemorrhage
- Endoscopic treatments for acute esophageal variceal hemorrhage and prevention of rebleeding
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Treatment of Gastric and Ectopic Varices
- Key points
- Introduction
- Endoscopic therapy for gastric varices
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided treatment of gastric varices
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Role of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis and Management of Cholestatic Liver Diseases
- Introduction
- Summary
- Improving Diagnostic Yield in Indeterminate Biliary Strictures
- Key points
- Introduction
- Endoscopic workup
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Management of Biliary Complications in Liver Transplant Recipients
- Key points
- Introduction
- Pathophysiology and risk factors
- Clinical presentation and diagnosis of biliary complications
- Management
- Biliary stones, sludge, and casts
- Complications following living donor transplantation
- Advanced endoscopic techniques
- Summary
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biliary Interventions in Liver Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Therapeutic options in endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary access
- Clinical outcomes
- Technical considerations
- Discussion
- Future directions
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Ultrasound for the Diagnosis and Staging of Biliary Malignancy
- Key points
- Cholangiocarcinoma: definition, basic principles, and challenges
- Endoscopic ultrasound and tissue sampling in biliary malignancy
- Endoscopic ultrasound and its role in the staging of biliary malignancy
- Diagnostic approach to biliary strictures and suspected biliary malignancy
- Ancillary techniques, new technologies, and future directions
- Safety considerations and limitations
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Liver Biopsy
- Key points
- Introduction
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy technique
- Comparison of endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy methods
- Efficacy and safety
- Endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy compared with other biopsy methods
- Special patient populations
- Disadvantages to endoscopic ultrasound-guided liver biopsy
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Bariatric Interventions in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
- Key points
- Introduction
- Endoscopic bariatric interventions
- Impact of endoscopic bariatric interventions in chronic liver disease
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Endoscopic Ultrasound Evaluation of Portal Pressure
- Key points
- Hepatic venous pressure gradient measurement versus endoscopic ultrasound-guided techniques
- Clinical use of portal vein gradient evaluation
- Hepatic evaluation by endoscopic ultrasound: One stop shop
- Summary
- Clinics care points
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 26-1
- Published: November 25, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323848824
- eBook ISBN: 9780323848831
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Andres F. Carrion
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Director, Transplant Hepatology Fellowship, Division of Digestive Health and Liver Diseases, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine