The book will aim to provide a simple, practical management approaches rather than detailed disease information. It will have a problem-based focus concentrating on providing management solutions in emergency situations where clinicians have limited time. There will also be detailed chapters on preparing patients for procedures, such as endoscopy and biopsy.
Hepatology
Chapter 26 Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Chapter 27 Acute Viral Hepatitis
Chapter 28 Hepatitis C Positive Patient
Chapter 29 Hepatitis B Positive Patient
Chapter 30 Suspected Iron Overload or High Serum Ferritin
Chapter 31 Chronic Non-Viral Hepatitis
Chapter 32 Cholestasis and Jaundice
Chapter 33 Obesity and Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Chapter 34 Abnormal Liver Function Tests and the Heavy Alcohol Drinker
Chapter 35 Drugs and Liver Disease
Chapter 36 Family History of Liver Disease
Chapter 37 Granulomatous Hepatitis
Chapter 38 Mass in the Liver
Chapter 39 Nutrition in the Patient with Chronic Liver Disease
Chapter 40 Endstage Liver Disease
Chapter 41 Acute Liver Failure
Chapter 42 Liver Transplantation
Chapter 43 Pregnancy and Liver Disease
Chapter 44 How To Prepare Patients for Liver Biopsy