Cirrhosis: A Practical Guide to Management - Hardcover

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Samuel S. Lee, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine and Head, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Calgary, Canada. Sam Lee is one of the world’s leading lights on cirrhosis and is editor-in-chief of the Wiley journal Liver International, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver.

Richard Moreau, MD, Head and Director of Research at the National Institute of Health (Inserm), Paris, France.

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Cirrhosis: A practical guide to management provides gastroenterologists and hepatologists with the very best evidence-based practice in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of liver cirrhosis and its many complications. Designed to offer practical guidance at all times, chapters include diagnostic/management algorithms, key points, and other pedagogic features.

The books is divided into two parts: a diagnosis and pathophysiology section and a management of complications section. Key topics include:

• Diagnostic laboratory tests

• Diagnostic imaging modalities

• Acute-on-chronic liver failure

• Agents and drugs to avoid

• End-stage liver failure: liver transplant evaluation

• Hepatocellular carcinoma

Perfect for both specialists and specialty trainees, emphasis throughout is on providing clear, clinical management guidance to enable doctors to manage their patients quicker and more effectively. It is an invaluable guide to what is an increasingly common condition.

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Cirrhosis: A practical guide to management provides gastroenterologists and hepatologists with the very best evidence-based practice in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of liver cirrhosis and its many complications. Designed to offer practical guidance at all times, chapters include diagnostic/management algorithms, key points, and other pedagogic features.

The books is divided into two parts: a diagnosis and pathophysiology section and a management of complications section. Key topics include:

• Diagnostic laboratory tests

• Diagnostic imaging modalities

• Acute-on-chronic liver failure

• Agents and drugs to avoid

• End-stage liver failure: liver transplant evaluation

• Hepatocellular carcinoma

Perfect for both specialists and specialty trainees, emphasis throughout is on providing clear, clinical management guidance to enable doctors to manage their patients quicker and more effectively. It is an invaluable guide to what is an increasingly common condition.