BookManoj K. Ghoda.
Summary: This book is written to simplify complex topics of neonatal and pediatric liver and metabolic diseases which are encountered by clinicians on a day to day basis. Neonatal and early pediatric liver diseases are very much different from adult liver diseases. Most of them are either structural diseases or genetically modulated metabolic disorders affecting liver. They all look same; however the underlying etiology could be quite different. This book thoroughly covers various neonatal and pediatric liver and metabolic diseases through a unique clinical case based approach via a vast clinical experience of the author. The book presents more than 50 unique cases and presents real life learning scenario with various examples facilitating better understanding of the disease and the ways to analyze it. The book uses a simple language and presents line diagrams and algorithms facilitating learning. This book shall be a valuable resource for practicing general pediatricians, pediatric residents and gastroenterologists with involvement in pediatric liver and liver related metabolic diseases. .
Contents:
Neonatal and Pediatric liver Diseases
Case 1: 20 month old child with recurrent convulsions
Case 2: A 9 year old boy presenting with hepatitis, epistaxis and bleeding from gums
Case 3: Lightening strikes at one place thrice
Case 4: A worried couple with a child having jaundice
Case 5: A 2 year old child who had recurrent hematemesis and bleeding per rectum
Case 5: A 2 year old child who had recurrent hematemesis and bleeding per rectum
Case 6: A child who had lost appetite and interest .-Case 7: A year old child with chronic diarrhea and failure to thrive
Case 8: A 3 year old male with recurrent diarrhea and chest infection
Case 9: 11 months old twins with Inborn errors of metabolism
Case 10: A child with recurrent diarrhea
Case 11: A 3 month old child with recurrent fever, diarrhea, failure to thrive and electrolyte disturbances
Case 12: A 13-Year-Old girl with chronic abdominal Pain and Vomiting
Case 13: A 6 month old child with neonatal cholestasis and generalized edema
Case: 14. A 6 weeks old child who had progressive jaundice and creamy white stools
Case: 15. Milk branding
Case 16: An 8 year old son of a lady executive who was a keen "net" searcher
Case 17: Neo rich parents who wanted best for their child
Case 18: A case of "Criggler-Najjar syndrome"
Case: 19. A pleasant child who developed prolonged jaundice
Case 20: Prolonged neonatal jaundice and cardiac defects
Case 21: Neonatal jaundice in a child with ocular problem
Case 22: A 3 year old girl with unexplained vomiting and failure to thrive
Case 23: A 3 year old boy with failure to thrive and progressively stiffening muscles
Case 24: A 2 month old child with neonatal ascites
Case 25: A patient with sickle cell anemia with sudden onset of jaundice
Case 26: A 7 year old boy with recurrence of jaundice
Case 28: An eight year old boy with recurrent jaundice
Case 29: A 3 yr. old with huge liver and abnormal liver functions
Case-30: A fifteen year old boy with prolonged jaundice
Case-31: A young girl with recurrent jaundice and vague RUQ mass
Case-32: A young boy with ascites
Case 33: Two cases of recurrence of jaundice
Case 34: A 12 years old boy with "obstructive jaundice
Case 35: 11 years old boy with jaundice and bleeding PR
Case 36: A young boy with failed renal transplant and sudden onset of ascites
Case 37: A 2-Year-Old Boy with Diarrhea, Failure to thrive, and Hepatomegaly
Case 38: A child with "recurrent attacks of asthma
Case 39: A 3 years old boy with recurrent jaundice and severe iron deficiency anemia
Case 40: 3 years old boy with huge liver
Case 41: A case of neonatal liver failure
Case 42: A case of acute hepatitis and ......something more
Case 43: A case of neonatal hepatitis and failure to thrive
Case 44: An infant with sudden onset of unilateral ptosis and jaundice
Case 45: A neonate with rapidly deteriorating liver functions
Case 46: A 6 month old child with hematemesis
Case 47: A young child with persistent elevation of SGOT/ SGPT
Case 48: An infant with persistent vomiting
Case 49: A case of Fever and jaundice
Case 50: A neonate with jaundice and enlarged liver
Case 51: A case of huge hepatomegaly but no hypoglycemia
Case 52: Pregnant lady with HBsAg positivity: A paediatrician's perspective.