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Well-organized and vibrantly illustrated throughout, Handbook of Liver Disease is a comprehensive yet concise handbook providing authoritative guidance on key clinical issues in liver disease. The quick-reference outline format ensures that you'll find answers when you need them, and cover-to-cover updates keep you abreast of the recent rapid changes in the field. Written by leading international experts in hepatology, this reference is ideal for hepatologists, gastroenterologists, internists, family practitioners, trainees, and others who diagnose and manage patients with liver disorders.



Uses a highly templated outline format, key points in each chapter, alert symbols, and highlighted review points to provide a "just the facts" approach to daily clinical questions on liver disease.
Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, Q&As, and references from the book on a variety of devices.



Features expanded hepatitis chapters, including completely updated coverage of new, safe, and effective oral regimens for the treatment of hepatitis C.
Provides completely updated coverage of: alcoholic liver disease * autoimmune hepatitis * portal hypertension * primary biliary cholangitis * hepatic tumors * cirrhosis * nonalcoholic liver disease * liver transplantation * and more.
Includes the latest information on adolescents with liver disease moving into adult care.
Covers the revised criteria for prioritizing liver transplantation using the MELDNa score, new options for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma, and improved management of hepatorenal syndrome.

Handbook of Liver Disease

Foreword



1. Assessment of Liver Function and Diagnostic Studies



2. Acute Liver Failure



3. Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E



4. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis D



5. Hepatitis C



6. Hepatitis Caused by Other Viruses



7. Autoimmune Hepatitis



8. Alcoholic Liver Disease



9. Fatty Liver and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis



10. Drug-Induced and Toxic Liver Disease



11. Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension



12. Portal Hypertension and Gastrointestinal Bleeding



13. Ascites and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis



14. Hepatorenal Syndrome



15. Hepatic Encephalopathy



16. Primary Biliary Cholangitis



17. Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis



18. Hemochromatosis



19. Wilson Disease and Related Disorders



20. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Other Metabolic Liver Diseases



21. Budd-Chiari Syndrome and Other Vascular Disorders



22. The Liver in Heart Failure



23. The Liver in Pregnancy



24. The Liver in Systemic Disease



25. Pediatric Liver Disease



26. Liver Disease in the Elderly



27. Hepatobiliary Complications of HIV



28. Granulomatous Liver Disease



29. Hepatic Tumors



30. Hepatic Abscesses and Cysts



31. Other Infections Involving the Liver



32. Surgery in the Patient with Liver Disease and Postoperative Jaundice



33. Liver Transplantation



34. Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis



35. Diseases of the Bile Ducts



36. Tumors of the Biliary Tract