Hepatology: A Practical Approach Book

Sect. I	Diagnostic methodology	1
1	Recognition of liver disease in the asymptomatic patient	3
2	Interpretation and evaluation of liver chemistries	11
3	Imaging the liver	21
4	Diagnostic laparoscopy	33
5	Liver biopsy - a pathologist's perspective	45
Sect. II	Acute and chronic liver disease	55
1	Hepatitis A	57
2	Hepatitis B virus infection	67
3	Hepatitis C	87
4	Hepatitis D	101
5	Hepatitis E	111
6	Other hepatitis viruses	123
7	Liver diseases in AIDS	139
8	Non-viral infections of the liver	155
9	Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease	175
10	Alcohol-induced liver disease	191
11	Alpha I-antitrypsin deficiency	201
12	Hereditary hemochromatosis	211
13	Wilson's disease	223
14	Autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndromes	233
15	Primary biliary cirrhosis	249
16	Primary sclerosing cholangitis	259
17	Hepatic vascular disorders	273
18	Liver disorders of pregnancy	289
19	Drug-induced liver disease	299
20	Fulminant hepatic failure	315
21	Benign tumors and evaluation of liver masses	331
Sect. III	Complications of end-stage liver disease	345
1	Ascites	347
2	Management of variceal hemorrhage	361
3	Hepatic encephalopathy	381
4	Hepatorenal syndrome	389
5	Hepatopulmonary syndrome	399
6	Hepatocellular carcinoma	409
Sect. IV	Systemic effect of liver disease	421
1	Nutrition in liver disease	423
2	Renal involvement in liver disease	443
3	Dermatologic manifestations of liver disease	455
4	Immune-mediated manifestations of chronic liver diseases	465
5	The liver in systemic diseases	491
6	Use and misuse of medications in patients with liver disease	501
Sect. V	Liver transplantation	515
1	Assessment and timing of liver transplantation	517
2	Surgical issues in cadaveric and living donor liver transplantation recipients	531
3	Long-term management of the liver transplant recipient	545