BookVirendra Singh, Akash Roy, editors.
Summary: This book presents a comprehensive collection of classic cases and problem scenarios encountered as bedside case discussions during ward rounds. It facilitates the practical management of hepatic disorders. The unique aspect of hepatology involves the blend of the basic tenet of clinical medicine applied to liver disease and a multitude of interventional modalities in the management of liver, biliary, and pancreatic diseases. This book takes the reader through the process of ruling in and ruling out possibilities based on clinical data (history and examination) and then traces the logical trajectory of each case from recommended investigations to the analysis of test results and finally to making a syndromic diagnosis. By adopting an evidence-based approach, the book emphasizes analytical and need-based studies to exclude any mimics. This book helps practice hepatologists and gastroenterologists for a systematic approach towards the most common cases.
Contents:
Section I
Approach to abnormal liver function tests
Acute liver failure
Clinical approach to Hepatitis B
Practical management of Chronic Hepatitis C
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Alcoholic hepatitis
Acute on chronic liver failure
Ascites and Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
Renal failure in cirrhosis
Hepatic encephalopathy
Approach to variceal hemorrhage
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Primary biliary cholangitis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction
Sarcopenia and frailty in liver disease
Miscellaneous Topics
Selected topics in Transplant Hepatology
Section II
Choledocholithiasis and cholangitis
Approach to biliary obstruction and evaluation of biliary stricture
Acute pancreatitis
Chronic Pancreatitis.