Cirrhosis: a practical guide to management provides gastroenterologists and hepatologists with an up–to–date clinical guide presenting the very best evidence–based practice in the diagnosis, treatment and management of liver cirrhosis and its many complications.High–profile editors – from Europe and North America, and a range of top international contributorsCovers both diagnosis/pathophysiology and clinical managementHot topic chapters including “Agents and drugs to avoid” and “Hepatocellular Carcinoma” INDICE: Part 1: Diagnosis and Pathophysiology.1 Clinical clues to diagnosis of cirrhosisY.K.Chawla and Vijay Bodh.2 Diagnostic laboratory testsYing–Ying Yang and Han–Chieh Lin.3 Diagnostic imaging modalitiesSoon Koo Baik, Moon Young Kim and Woo Kyoung Jeong.4 Histology/pathologyValerie Paradis.5 Fibrosis and fibrogenesisNamiki Izumi, Nobuharu Tamaki, Yasuhiro Asahina andMasayuki Kurosaki.6 Non–invasive diagnostic tests including fibroscanLaurent Castera.7 Evaluating prognosisSumeet K. Asrani and Patrick S. Kamath.8 End–stage liver Failure: liver transplant evaluationSebastián Marciano and Adrián Gadano.Part 2: Complications of cirrhosis.9 Acute–on chronic liver failureDanielle Adebayo, Vincenzo Morabito and Rajiv Jalan.10 Hepatocellular carcinomaKwang–Hyub Han and Do Young Kim.11 Hepatic encephalopathyPiero Amodio.12 Malnutrition and nutritional support in cirrhosisJian–Gao Fan and Hai–Xia Cao.13 Varices, portal hypertensive gastropathy and GAVEIsabelle Colle, Xavier Verhelst, Anja Geerts and Hans Van Vlierberghe.14 AscitesAndrés Cárdenas, Isabel Graupera and Pere Ginès.15 Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and other infectionsThierry Gustot and Richard Moreau.16 Hepatorenal syndrome and acute kidney injuryFlorence Wong.17 The hepatopulmonary syndromeMoises Ilan Nevah R and Michael B. Fallon.18 Hyponatremia and other electrolyte/ion disorderSalvatore Piano, Filippo Morando and Paolo Angeli.19 Portopulmonary hypertensionRodrigo Cartin–Ceba and Michael J. Krowka.20 Cirrhotic cardiomyopathyHongqun Liu and Samuel S. Lee.21 Adrenal insufficiencyEmily Dannhorn and James O Beirne.22 Coagulopathy and clotting disordersMarco Senzolo and A.K. Burroughs.23 Agents and drugs to avoidFelix Stickel.24 Changing outcomes with antiviral or antifibrotic therapiesGamal Esmat and Maissa El Raziky.25 Bone DisordersJane Collier.26 PruritusNora V. Bergasa.27 Quality of Life and Symptom ManagementAyman A. Abdo and Faisal M. Sanai.28 Special considerations in childrenAlejandro Costaguta and Fernando Alvarez
- ISBN: 978-1-118-27482-8
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 376
- Fecha Publicación: 03/04/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés