Download or read book GI Epidemiology written by Nicholas J. Talley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative new text from the experts in GI populationstudies This book covers both key methodological issues and the mostimportant information in the field, disease by disease. It focuseson population-based information and studies looking at principlesand approaches to diagnosis and treatment of diseases. GI Epidemiology brings together world authorities inmultiple disciplines for the very first time, to create one clearand comprehensive source. The bulk of the chapters are divided intotwo parts, covering methodological issues and the epidemiology ofspecific GI diseases. Each chapter begins with a list of keypoints, followed by a review written in a clear and simplestyle. The methodologic chapters cover evidence-based medicine,meta-analysis, systematic reviews, genetic and molecularepidemiology, clinical trials, questionnaire design, and healtheconomics. The disease-specific chapters note the current gaps inknowledge and suggest areas for further study. GI Epidemiology serves as both a useful refresher and areliable reference on the methods and techniques used inepidemiological studies for consultants and researchers ingastroenterology. It is also an invaluable tool for fellows/trainees ingastroenterology, candidates for recertification in the combineddisciplines of gastroenterology, pediatric gastroenterology andcolorectal surgery, and anyone completing MPH training.

Download or read book Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Arun J. Sanyal and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Sanyal's expertise as Chairman of the Division of Hepatology at Virginia Commonwealth University and the breadth of his published articles in hepatology make him the perfect person to compile state-of-the-art reviews on the topic of NASH/fatty liver. The articles in this issue address the following topics: The Genetic Epidemiology of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Relevance of Liver Histology to Predict Clinically Meaningful Outcomes in NASH; Mechanisms of Simple Hepatic Steatosis; Cellular and Molecular Basis for Phenotype of Steatohepatitis; Mechanisms of Disease Progression in NASH: New Paradigms; Can NASH Be Diagnosed, Graded and Staged Non-Invasively?; Is NAFLD in Children the Same Disease as in Adults?; The Cardiovascular Link to NAFLD: A Critical Analysis; Impact of Behavioral Disturbances and Their Treatment on Obesity and NAFLD; and Management of NASH.

Download or read book NASH and NAFLD An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by David Bernstein and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity has devastating effects on a patient's overall health, with specific negative effects on organ systems, long-term. The hepatologist must often manage diseases of the liver and pancreas as a result of obesity. This issue will provide a current update on the diagnosis, treatment, and management of NAFLD and NASH. Dr. Bernstein has assembled the top leaders in the field to provide timely clinical reviews. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Clinical and economic burden of NAFLD/NASH; NAFLD/NASH in children and its implications; Natural history of NAFLD/NASH; Diagnosis and evaluation of NAFLD/NASH; Radiological imaging in NAFLD/NASH; The use of liver biopsy in NAFLD: When to biopsy and in whom; Pathophysiology of NAFLD/NASH; Risk factors for the development of NAFLD/NASH including genetics; Role of intestinal microbes in NAFLD/NASH; NAFLD/NASH and the metabolic syndrome; NAFLD/NASH and lipid and insulin resistance; NAFLD/NASH and cardiac disease; Current treatment of NAFLD/NASH; Emerging treatment of NAFLD/NASH; NAFLD/NASH and HCC and NAFLD/NASH and liver transplantation. Readers will have a clear understanding of how to manage outcomes for these patients.

Download or read book Ultrasound Elastography written by Monica Lupsor-Platon and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-03-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elastography, the science of creating noninvasive images of mechanical characteristics of tissues, has been rapidly evolving in recent years. The advantage of this technique resides in the ability to rapidly detect and quantify the changes in the stiffness of soft tissues resulting from specific pathological or physiological processes. Ultrasound elastography is nowadays applied especially on the liver and breast, but the technique has been increasingly used for other tissues including the thyroid, lymph nodes, spleen, pancreas, gastrointestinal tract, kidney, prostate, and the musculoskeletal and vascular systems. This book presents some of the applications of strain and shear-wave ultrasound elastography in hepatic, pancreatic, breast, and musculoskeletal conditions.

Download or read book Diagnostic Pathology Hepatobiliary and Pancreas E Book written by Laura W. Lamps and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expert volume in the Diagnostic Pathology series is an excellent point-of-care resource for practitioners at all levels of experience and training. Covering all areas of neoplastic and nonneoplastic diseases of the digestive tract and accessory organs such as the pancreas and liver, it incorporates the most recent clinical, pathological, and molecular knowledge in the field to provide a comprehensive overview of all key issues relevant to today's practice. Richly illustrated and easy to use, Diagnostic Pathology: Hepatobiliary and Pancreas is a one-stop reference for accurate, complete pathology reports, ideal as a day-to-day reference or as a reliable training resource. - Analyzes hundreds of diagnoses, each of which include critical diagnostic information such as definitions, epidemiology, clinical presentation, macro- and microscopic features, differential diagnoses, and pathologic interpretation pearls. - Features thorough updates throughout, including novel immunohistochemical markers and other ancillary techniques (such as BAP1, INSM1, Rb, albumin in situ hybridization) that play an increasingly critical role in improving diagnoses - Addresses recent advances in molecular pathology—new diagnostic, immunohistochemical, molecular, and genetic techniques used for diagnosis, as well as new details about the genesis and activity of tumors in the liver, pancreas, and biliary systems - Includes details from the 2019 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Digestive System regarding important changes to diagnostic techniques, identification of new variants of cancers, and immunohistochemical markers and ancillary techniques that improve diagnosis and treatment options - Reflects recent WHO updates and updates from the AJCC's 8th Edition Cancer Staging Manual such as new terminology, new grading of neuroendocrine tumors and neuroendocrine carcinomas, and characteristic molecular alterations in hepatocellular adenoma, cholangiocarcinoma, and other tumors - Uses a templated page layout, bulleted text, and a generous number of high-quality images to help practicing and in-training pathologists reach a confident diagnosis

Download or read book Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Paul J. Gaglio and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the current obesity epidemic, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is prevalent in a significant portion of the United States patient population. It is being increasingly recognized that NAFLD affects both adults and children and can progress to end stage liver disease with resultant cirrhosis, portal hypertension, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In addition, several extrahepatic conditions may be linked to NAFLD including cardiovascular disease, insulin requiring and type 2 diabetes mellitus, obstructive sleep apnea, colonic adenomas, hyperuricemia, vitamin D deficiency, hyperferritinemia, pancreatic steatosis, hypothyroidism, and polycystic ovarian syndrome. Therapies for NAFLD are evolving rapidly. This issue will analyze patient demographics, risk factors, pathophysiology, patient presentation, and treatments for NAFLD.

Download or read book Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis 2018 2021 written by Juerg Hodler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book deals with imaging of the abdomen and pelvis, an area that has seen considerable advances over the past several years, driven by clinical as well as technological developments. The respective chapters, written by internationally respected experts in their fields, focus on imaging diagnosis and interventional therapies in abdominal and pelvic disease; they cover all relevant imaging modalities, including magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, and positron emission tomography. As such, the book offers a comprehensive review of the state of the art in imaging of the abdomen and pelvis. It will be of interest to general radiologists, radiology residents, interventional radiologists, and clinicians from other specialties who want to update their knowledge in this area.

Download or read book Update on Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease E Book written by Zobair M. Younossi and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. - Contains 20 practice-oriented topics, including metabolic syndrome associated with NASH; genetic markers and comorbidities predisposing to NASH and progressive liver disease; the role of bariatric surgery and endobariatric surgery in NASH; future treatment options and regimens for NAFLD; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Consultations in Liver Disease An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Steven L. Flamm and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-10-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consultations of Gastroenterology practitioners are frequently sought for many complex issues relating to acute and chronic liver disease. Many of the disease entities are uncommon and complicated in scope. Liver disease may occur in the setting of other chronic medical conditions and involve other organ systems, with recommendations for diagnostic strategies and therapeutic approaches somewhat challenging. Serious consequences are often the rule with misdiagnosed or inadequately treated liver disease. Dr. Flamm has provided a framework for approaching consultation for common liver-related problems for the gastroenterology practitioner. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Common Findings and Interpretation for the Clinician; Genetic Testing in Liver Disease: What to Order and When; Acute Liver Failure; Liver Disease in Oncology Patients; Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: What the Gastroenterologist/Hepatologist Needs to Know; An Update on the Treatment and Follow up of Patients with PBC; Wilson’s Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow Up; Follow Up of the Post-Liver Transplantation Patient: A Primer for the Practicing Gastroenterologist; Liver Disease in Patients on Total Parenteral Nutrition; Treatment Strategies in NAFLD: What’s Coming; Resistance Testing in Chronic HCV; and HCV genotype 3: Treatment Approach and Natural History.

Download or read book Alcoholic Liver Disease An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Stanley Cohen and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol abuse remains a significant problem world-wide. The most commonly affected organ remains the liver with a risk of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) which can range from asymptomatic to alcoholic hepatitis to alcoholic cirrhosis. In 2010, alcohol-attributable cirrhosis was responsible for 0.9% of all global deaths. Given the sheer magnitude of alcohol abuse and alcoholic liver disease, an update on this topic is pertinent and relevant. This issue will focus on a variety of topics including alcoholism, the pathogenesis of ALD, the spectrum of ALD, the pathology of ALD, and the long-term management of patients with ALD. Alcoholic hepatitis is a particular type of ALD with a high mortality. This issue will explore the syndrome of alcoholic hepatitis, its prognostic markers, and the available therapies. Because alcohol intake can influence so many other conditions of the liver (especially hepatitis C), articles in this issue will also explore the impact of alcohol abuse on other liver conditions. In addition, several other topics such as nutritional therapy for ALD, ALD and liver cancer, and ALD and infection risk will be explored. Also, even though it is quite controversial, we will also explore liver transplant as a therapy for alcoholic liver disease including alcoholic hepatitis.

Download or read book Liver in Systemic Diseases An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Jorge Herrera and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Jorge Herrera has put together a timely look at health and function of the liver in systemic diseases. The issue has all of the top experts in their field contributing conscise reviews of the following topics: The Liver in Celiac Disease; The Liver in Sickle Cell Disease; Hepatic Complications of Inflammatory Bowel Disease; The Liver in Circulatory Disturbances; Hepatobiliary Complications in Critically Ill Patients; Endocrine Diseases and the Liver; Rheumatologic Diseases and the Liver; Hepatic Manifestations of Cystic Fibrosis; Hepatic Complications of Total Parenteral Nutrition; Hepatic Manifestations of Lymphoproliferative Disorders; Liver Disease in HIV Infection; Sarcoidosis and the Liver; Liver Disease in Pregnancy; and Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Liver.Readers will come away with the latest updates they need to improve outcomes in hepatology patients.

Download or read book Alcoholic Liver Disease An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Norman L. Sussman and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcoholic liver disease has once again entered our collective conscience. A paper in 2012 showed the utility of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in acute alcoholic hepatitis. As expected, this opened the floodgates. Every liver transplant program in the USA is now under pressure to list and transplant patients with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), resulting n a shift in the type of patients to admit and list for OLT. In consultation with Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Norman Sussman and Dr. Michael Lucey have put together a collection of articles on current practices and future trends in the management of alcohol-related diseases. Expert authors from top institutions have contributed articles on the following topcs: Histopathology; Alcohol and the Law; Alcoholic Liver Disease in Children; Alcohol Use Disorder; Pathogenesis of ALD; Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis; Nutrition and Malnutrition in ALD; Alcoholic Cirrhosis; Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Liver Disease; CNS effects of Alcohol; and Will Studies in NASH Help to Manage AS. Readers will come away with current clinical information to help them to make clinical decisions that will improve patient outcomes.

Download or read book Liver Transplantation An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Roberto J. Firpi and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cirrhosis from hepatitis C (HCV) is now the most common indication for liver transplant (LT) in the U.S., but between 2004 and 2013, new LT listings for NASH increased by 170%. Unfortunately, fibrosis progression leading to cirrhosis, liver cancer, and liver decompensation continues to occur after transplantation. Once cirrhosis and decompensation are evident, patient survival is poor and repeat LT is considered to improve outcomes. Therefore, the never-ending thirst for new approaches in the management of patients pre- and post-transplant has led to a very promising future in transplantation, thought there is much to learn to achieve better patient outcomes. This issue of Clinics in Liver Disease addresses the core areas to achieve better patient outcomes, with articles devoted to coagulopathy before liver transplant, challenges in renal failure before LT, LT for acute alcoholic hepatitis, LT in the pregnant patient, bariatric surgery and LT,and MELD Scores in prioritization of LT, to name a few. Readers will place a high value on the current state of liver transplantation in this issue.

Download or read book Pediatric Hepatology An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Philip Rosenthal and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With collaboration from Consulting Editor Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Rosenthal has created an issue that provides current clinical information on the diagnosis and treatment of liver diseases in children. Expert authors from top institutions have contributed review articles on the following topics: Biliary atresia; Alagille Syndrome; Hepatitis B & C in Children; NAFLD/NASH; Bile acid defects; Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis; Autoimmune hepatitis/PSC/Overlap syndrome; Portal hypertension/Cirrhosis in Children; Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency; Hepatic tumors; Acute Liver Failure; and Liver transplantation in Children. Readers will come away with the information they need to make clinical decisions that will improve patient outcomes.

Download or read book Drug Hepatotoxicity An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease written by Nicholaos Pyrsopoulos and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-12-28 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Pyrsopolous has created a comprehensive review on the most important and timely topics in drug heptatotoxicity. He has arraanged for there to be a full span of very basic articles that discuss drug metabolism, hepatotoxicity, and drug-induced acute liver failure as well as other important articles devoted to clinical manifestations and treatment of drug induced hepatotoxicity; Pathological manifestations of drug induced hepatotoxicity; Drug induced cholestasis; Lipid lowering agents induced hepatotoxicity; Herbal ,complementary and alternative medicine induced liver injury; Antiretroviral and anti - HCV DAA related hepatotoxicity; Antibiotic related hepatotoxicity; Acetaminophen related hepatoxicity; NSAIDS induced hepatoxocity; Chemotherapy induced hepatotoxicity; Anti epileptic induced hepatotoxicity; and steatohepatitis induced by drugs.

Download or read book Consultations in Liver Disease An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease E Book written by Steven L. Flamm and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this issue of Clinics in Liver Disease, guest editor Dr. Steven L. Flamm brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Updates in Consultations in Liver Disease. Many disease entities are uncommon and complicated in scope, and liver disease may occur in the setting of other chronic medical conditions and involve other organ systems. In this issue, top experts provide a up-to-date framework for approaching consultation for common liver-related problems for the gastroenterology and hepatology practitioner. - Contains 12 practice-oriented topics including clinical pearls in evaluation and treatment of patients with liver disease; evaluation of patients with markedly elevated liver enzymes; evaluation of liver disease in pregnancy; COVID and implications on the liver; and more. - Provides in-depth clinical reviews on consultations in liver disease, offering actionable insights for clinical practice. - Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.

Download or read book Variceal Hemorrhage written by Roberto de Franchis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-01-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Variceal Hemorrhage provides an update of the evidence concerning several aspects of variceal hemorrhage. The book features new information on natural history, diagnosis of esophageal varices, assessment of the risk of bleeding and identification of high risk groups and patients who may benefit or be harmed from different treatments. The volume also presents a critical analysis of the different steps in the management of acute variceal bleeding. Authored by the most prominent world experts in their areas of expertise, Variceal Hemorrhage serves as a very useful reference for gastroenterologists, GI surgeons, residents in internal medicine and physicians dealing with and interested in the different aspects of this severe medical emergency.