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Diseases of the Liver in Children - Evaluation and Management
Murray, Horslen
Editore
Springer
Anno
2014
Pagine
596
ISBN
9781461490043
170,00 €
- All chapters are written by experts in their fields
- Provides a practical and comprehensive review of pediatric hepatology
- Richly illustrated with an emphasis on tables and images
Diseases of the Liver in Children: Evaluation and Management provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of pediatric liver disease, with a practical approach useful for the primary care provider or general gastroenterologist. With an emphasis on tables and images, this book serves as a reference for understanding basic hepatic processes and the significance of laboratory findings. It also discusses the state of the art of diagnosis and treatment of diseases that affect the pediatric liver. The text captures the key elements of treatment and monitoring important for the primary care provider partnering in the care of these patients with pediatric hepatologists. The current state of transplantation and other surgical approaches are also discussed. The importance of aggressive bowel rehabilitation in the prevention of end-stage total parenteral nutrition-induced liver disease is also covered.
Written by experts in their fields and including the most up to date clinical information, Diseases of the Liver in Children: Evaluation and Management serves as a very useful resource for physicians
Section 1: General Concepts
1. Anatomy and Development of the Liver
Mark B. Stringer
2. Normal functional biology of the liver
Anne M. Larson & Matthew Hauswald
3. Laboratory assessment of hepatic injury and function
Deirdre A. Kelly & Way S. Lee
4. Mechanisms of Liver Injury
Kimberly J. Riehle & Nelson Fausto
5. Radiology of the liver in children
Nghia “Jack” Vo & Narendra Shet
6. Phenotypes of liver disease in infants, children and adolescents children Simon Horslen
7. Psychosocial, cognitive, and quality of life considerations in the child with liver disease and their family children
Saeed Mohammad, Lisa G. Sorensen, Estella M. Alonso
Section 2: Disorders
8. Metabolic liver disease - Part 1
James E. Squires & James E. Heubi
9. Metabolic liver disease - Part 2
Michael R. Narkewicz & Christine Waasdorp-Hurtado
10. Neonatal Hemochromatosis and Gestational Alloimmune Liver Disease
Peter F. Whitington
11. Alagille Syndrome
Binita Kamath & David A. Piccoli
12. Idiopathic Neonatal Hepatitis and it’s Differential Diagnoses
Kathleen B. Schwarz
13. Biliary atresia
Hong-Yuan Hsu & Mei Hwei Chang
14. Choledochal Cysts and fibrocystic diseases of the liver
Karen Murray
15. Infections of the Liver
Uzma Shah
16. Autoimmune Hepatitis and Sclerosing Cholangitis
Georgina Miele-Vergani & Diego Vergani
17. Parental Nutrition Associated Liver Disease in Pediatric Patients: Strategies for Treatment and Prevention
Allison Beck Blackmer, Imad F. Btaiche, Meghan A. Arnold, & Daniel H. Teitelbaum
18. Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis Nidhi P. Goyal & Jeffrey B. Schwimmer
19. Drug induced liver injury in children: A structured approach to diagnosis and management
M. James Lopez & Jacob L. Bilhartz
20. Gallstone disease in children
Matthew J. Giefer & Richard A. Kozarek
21. Vascular Liver Disease
Ines Loverdos & Simon C. Ling
22. Hepatic Tumors
Rohit Gupta, André A. Dick, & Karen F. Murray
Section 3: Management
23. Acute Liver Failure
Robert H. Squires
24. Intensive Care Management of Children With Liver Failure
Thomas V. Brogan & Francois Aspesberro
25. Chronic Liver Diseases, Cirrhosis and Complications: Part 1: Portal Hypertension, Ascites, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) and Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)
Ross W Shepherd
26. Chronic Liver Disease, Cirrhosis and Complications: Part 2 – Hepatic encephalopathy and other systemic effects
Naresh P Shanmugam, & Palaniswamy Karthikeyan, & Anil Dhawan
27. Nutrition in Children with Liver Disease: Evaluation and Management
Stephen C. Hardy, Pornthep Tanpowpong, & Ronald E. Kleinman
28. Liver Transplantation
Evelyn Hsu & Jorge Reyes
29. Liver in systemic disease
Emily Rothbaum Perito & Philip Rosenthal
