Mount Sinai Expert Guides : Hepatology.
Title:
Mount Sinai Expert Guides : Hepatology.
Author:
Ahmad, Jawad.
ISBN:
9781118742532
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (594 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviation List -- About the Companion Website -- PART 1: Hepatology -- CHAPTER 1: Approach to the Patient with Abnormal Liver Tests -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Diagnostic algorithm -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- When to hospitalize -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 7: Reading List -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 2: Approach to the Patient with Jaundice -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Diagnostic algorithm -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Children -- Elderly -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 7: Reading List -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 3: Drug-Induced Liver Injury -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology.
Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis (Algorithm 3.1) -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale (Algorithm 3.2) -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Section 7: Reading List -- Suggested website -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 4: Hepatitis A and E -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment (Algorithm 4.1) -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Table of treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Children -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Clinical variants -- Section 7: Reading List -- Suggested websites -- Section 8: Guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 5: Hepatitis B and D -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary/secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis (Algorithm 5.1).
Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment (Algorithm 5.2) -- Treatment rationale -- Prevention/management of complications (viral resistance) -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy (Algorithm 5.4) -- Other populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Hepatitis D (Delta) virus -- Section 7: Reading List -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- International society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 6: Hepatitis C: Diagnosis, Management and Treatment -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Counseling tips to reduce transmission of HCV -- Screening -- Secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis (Algorithm 6.1) -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors made regarding diagnosis of disease -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Table of treatment (Algorithms 6.3 and 6.4) -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Children -- Others -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 7: Reading list -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- International society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 7: HIV/HCV and HIV/HBV Co-infections -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors.
Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis (Algorithm 7.3) -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Physical examination -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors in diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment (Algorithms 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6) -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 7: Reading List -- Useful websites -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- International society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 8: Hepatic Abscess -- Amebic Liver Abscess -- Section 1: Background -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 7: Reading List -- Section 8: Guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- Pyogenic Liver Abscess -- Section 1: Background -- Section 2: Prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Section 7: Reading List -- Section 8: Guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 9: Biliary Infections -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary prevention -- Secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient.
Table of treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Section 7: Reading List -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- International society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 10: Alcoholic Hepatitis -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Primary and secondary prevention -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Laboratory diagnosis -- Potential pitfalls/common errors in diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- When to hospitalize -- Managing the hospitalized patient -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Pregnancy -- Others -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease -- Prognosis for treated patients -- Follow-up tests and monitoring -- Section 7: Reading List -- Section 8: Guidelines -- National society guidelines -- International society guidelines -- Section 9: Evidence -- Section 10: Images -- CHAPTER 11: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease -- Section 1: Background -- Definition of disease -- Disease classification -- Incidence/prevalence -- Economic impact -- Etiology -- Pathology/pathogenesis -- Predictive/risk factors -- Section 2: Prevention -- Screening -- Section 3: Diagnosis -- Differential diagnosis -- Typical presentation -- Clinical diagnosis -- Section 4: Treatment -- Treatment rationale -- Table of treatment -- Prevention/management of complications -- Management/treatment -- Section 5: Special Populations -- Section 6: Prognosis -- Natural history of untreated disease.
Prognosis for treated patients.
Abstract:
Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Hepatology will provide gastroenterology and hepatology trainees with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major liver diseases and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management. Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disease to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information. All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features: - An opening bottom-line/key points section - Classification, pathogenesis and prevention of disease - Evidence-based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient - Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, when to perform surgery, management algorithms and how to prevent complications - How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly - The very latest evidence-based results, major society guidelines (AASLD/EASL) and key external sources to consult In addition, the book comes with a companion website housing extra features such as case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes. Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be. If you're specialising in hepatology and require a concise, practical guide to the clinical management of liver disease, bought to you by one of world's leading hospitals, then this is the perfect book for you.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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