Comprehensive practical hepatology / edited by Yukihiro Shimizu, director, Gastroenterology Center, Nanto Municipal Hospital, Toyama, Japan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shimizu, Yukihiro, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hepatology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sharjah : Bentham Science Publishers Limited, [2016]

Summary:

Acute and chronic liver disease is a global endemic healthcare concern. More than 500 million people around the world are infected with the hepatitis B or C virus. Approximately 500, 000 patients die of hepatocellular carcinoma every year, implying that trained healthcare professionals and facilities for liver disease patients is a critical issue. Although promising therapies have been developed for viral hepatitis infections, management of liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma yet many patients suffer due to lack of adequate healthcare by professional hepatologists. This means that primary care physicians should be informed about diagnosing liver disease and the early management of viral hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Comprehensive Practical Hepatology provides readers current standard primary care guidelines for treatment and early stage management of patients with liver function abnormalities. This book provides a practical approach for physicians to apply on patients with apparent liver function abnormalities. The guidelines also cover: Acute and chronic liver injury, Information about the liver in systemic diseases, Drug usage in liver diseases, Surgical risk in liver disease patients, and, Recommendations for pregnant as well as elderly patients. Comprehensive Practical Hepatology thus provides complete practical advice on the management of liver diseases to non-hepatologists and general physicians.

Contents:

Cover; Title; EUL; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Chapter 01; Chapter 02; Chapter 03; Chapter 04; Chapter 05; Chapter 06; Chapter 07; Chapter 08; Chapter 09; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Subject Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 4, 2016).

ISBN:

9781681082059

1681082055

OCLC:

948392864