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Author : Howard J. Worman Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional Page : 356 pages File Size : 49,14 MB Release : 1999 Category : Family & Relationships ISBN : 9780737300901
Gathers information on diseases that affect the liver, including various treatments, current prevention methods, diagnotic testing, and offers ways to care for a healthy liver.
Author : Howard J. Worman Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional Page : 322 pages File Size : 49,73 MB Release : 2006-08-18 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0071501703
The latest information on living with and treating liver disorders The Liver Disorders and Hepatitis Sourcebook, Revised Edition, gives you frank assessments of the latest therapies and drugs. It also provides advice on how you can navigate the day-to-day challenges of living with a liver disorder, and diet and nutrition guidelines, including the truth about the effectiveness of herbal remedies and liver-cleansing diets.
This sourcebook contains basic consumer health information about the liver, how it works, and how to keep it healthy through diet, vaccination, and other preventative care measures.
This sourcebook contains basic consumer health information about the liver, how it works, and how to keep it healthy through diet, vaccination, and other preventative care measures.
The Handbook of Liver Disease, 3rd Edition, by Drs. Lawrence S. Friedman and Emmet B. Keeffe, gives you quick reference to the most recent diagnostic and treatment options for patients with liver disorders. International authorities share the latest clinical findings and procedures to help you expertly manage illnesses like hepatitis B and C and hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as apply new practices like genetic testing, noninvasive imaging techniques, and so much more. Quickly access updated information on all aspects of liver disease including new drugs, therapy trials, and post-transplant conditions with this full-color, templated edition-in print and online at www.expertconsult.com. Expedite diagnostic and therapeutic decision making with a highly templated outline format that uses full-color illustrations, tables, algorithms and figures, key point boxes, and alert symbols to present information at a glance. Apply some of the latest treatments for liver disease including the role of pretreatment IL28B testing for patients with hepatitis B and C; radiofrequency ablation and sorafenib in cases of hepatocellular carcinoma; the use of the drug rifaximin to treat hepatic encephalopathy; and much more. Make optimal use of genetic testing to assess your patients' risk of metabolic liver disease and to personalize treatment regimens for chronic hepatitis C. Offer your liver transplantation patients the best prognosis and follow-up with the latest information on outcomes and the management of complications. Use blood test panels and noninvasive imaging techniques to evaluate the degree of liver fibrosis. Make informed treatment decisions with the latest clinical trial results for portal hypertension, autoimmune liver diseases, acute liver failure, and hepatic infections. Search the complete text online, download all the images, and test your knowledge with 200 board-style review questions at www.expertconsult.com. Quick access and easy-to-find answers for any practitioner who encounters patients with liver disease.
This book is a comprehensive and easy-to-access guide not only in the diagnosis of the various types of liver disease but in the management of specific disorders, including the particular nuances of the care of the patient with liver disease. It provides a resource to the practitioner caring for patients with liver disease for addressing everyday questions posed by patients and their families, as well as referring physicians, in a manner that can easily be conveyed. The spectrum covered includes appropriate testing and disease monitoring of patients, use of medications, supplements, alternative therapies and alcohol, operative risk assessment, implementation of health maintenance for patients with chronic liver disease and cirrhosis, identification and management of particular complications of cirrhosis, and appropriate referral for liver transplantation, as well as management of special populations. Written by experts in the field, Liver Disorders: A Point of Care Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for clinicians who treat patients with a variety of liver disorders.
"This Sourcebook contains basic consumer health information about the liver, how it works, and how to keep it healthy through diet, vaccination, and other preventative care measures. Readers will learn about the symptoms and treatment options for such diseases as hepatitis, primary biliary cirrhosis, Wilson's disease, hemochromatosis, liver failure, cancer of the liver, and disorders related to drugs and other toxins. Also included are a glossary and directories of support groups and additional resources."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Gathers information on diseases that affect the liver, including various treatments, current prevention methods, diagnotic testing, and offers ways to care for a healthy liver.
Author : Howard J. Worman Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional Page : 200 pages File Size : 28,36 MB Release : 2002 Category : Health & Fitness ISBN : 9780737305968
" ... provides accurate, credible information to give you the key to understanding this virus - and living life to the fullest in spite of it"--Back cover.