| Description |
1 online resource (311 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Drug-Induced Liver Injury; Introduction; Clinical Case Scenario; Questions; Discussion; Question 1. What features would you use to triage the patient, and how would you risk stratify his liver injury?; Question 2. Which medications are common culprits (especially in this case), and how do you differentiate DILI from other etiologies?; Question 3. What are the patterns of liver injury and how do they relate to DILI?; Question 4. What are the treatment options for this patient's presumed DILI? |
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Question 5: When should a liver biopsy be obtained?Patient Treatment Course; Conclusions; Further Reading; Chapter 2: Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis; Introduction; Clinical Case Scenario; Questions; Discussion; Question 1. How is the diagnosis of acute alcoholic hepatitis made?; Question 2. What is the prognosis of this patient?; Question 3. What are treatment options for this patient?; Question 4. Is liver transplant an option for this patient?; Conclusions; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Ascites; Introduction; Clinical Case Scenario; Questions; Discussion |
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Question 1. How is the diagnosis of ascites made? What is utility of abdominal ultrasound in diagnosis of ascites?Question 2. Once a diagnosis of ascites is made, how does one determine the cause of ascites? What is the differential diagnosis?; Question 3: What is the management of ascites? What are the options once a patient fails to respond to initial medical management?; Conclusions; Further Reading; Chapter 4: Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis; Introduction; Clinical Case Scenario; Questions; Discussion; Question 1. What is the pathophysiology of SBP? |
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Question 2. What are potential risk factors for SBP?Question 3. How is SBP diagnosed?; Question 4. What are the common organisms that cause SBP?; Question 5. What are the treatment options for this patient's SBP and, what are the expected cure rates and long-term prognosis?; Patient Treatment Course; Conclusions; Further Reading; Chapter 5: Hepatorenal Syndrome; Introduction; Clinical Case Scenario; Clinical Questions; Discussion; Question 1. What is the differential diagnosis of a patient with cirrhosis presenting with acute kidney injury? |
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Question 2. How is HRS diagnosed? What work-up should be initiated when HRS is suspected?Question 3. What causes HRS?; Question 4. Can HRS be prevented?; Question 5. What is the best treatment strategy for HRS?; Question 6. If medical treatment for HRS fails, what next?; Patient's Clinical Course; Conclusions; Further Reading; Chapter 6: Chronic Hepatitis B; Introduction; Clinical Case Scenario; Questions; Discussion; Question 1. How do you approach a patient found to be HBsAg positive? What other testing is indicated at this time? How will you interpret the results of testing? |
| Summary |
This clinical casebook provides a concise yet comprehensive state-of-the-art review of liver disease. Presented in a case-based format, each case features a scenario centered on a different variant of liver disease, with sections on case history, diagnosis/assessment, treatment, outcomes, alternative approaches, and clinical pearls. Diseases covered include drug-induced liver injury, acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, NAFLD, and cholangitis. Scenarios such as liver disease in pregnancy, elevated liver function tests, and liver transplants are also presented in the casebook. Written by experts in the field, Liver Disease: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for clinicians and practitioners who treat patients with liver disease |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Question 2. With regard to disease transmission, what advice should you give this patient? |
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Print version record |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 08, 2019) |
| Subject |
Liver -- Diseases.
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Liver Diseases
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Liver -- Diseases
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cohen, Stanley Martin, editor
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Davitkov, Perica, editor
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| ISBN |
9783319985060 |
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331998506X |
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