Medical Management of Liver Disease (Clinical Guides to Medical Management)

Addresses problems and opportunities associated with the tremendous recent progress in liver disease and transplantation!This extremely practical reference covers the natural history, diagnosis, and treatments of all major categories of liver ailmentsviral hepatitis, drugand alcoholinduced disease, steatosis, hemochromatosis, biliary disease, and autoimmune liver diseasesynthesizing recent findings with classical treatments and therapies.Provides uptodate information for primary care and intensive care physicians faced with daily management of serious complications of liver diseases in various clinical environments!Written by over 80 international hepatologists and gastroenterologists, Medical Management of Liver Diseasecovers Wilsons disease, granulomatous hepatitis, parasitic diseases, cryoglobulinemia, AIDS, and other less common disordersdiscusses liverspecific cancers such as hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinomaanalyzes relationships among hepatitis viruses, including coinfection with hepatitis B and Ddelineates serological and virological assays for acute and chronic hepatitisexamines treatments and vaccines for hepatitis A and Breviews recently emerged hepatotropic virusesexplores HIV and other infectious diseasesdeals extensively with management of complications, including bleeding, ascites, encephalopathy, lung and heart problems, and coagulation disordersand more!Containing over 700 references and over 250 helpful drawings, photographs, and tables, Medical Management of Liver Disease is indispensable for gastroenterologists, hepatologists, family physicians, internists, intensivists, hospitalists, pathologists, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.