Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Guide for Practicing Clinicians

ISBN-13: 9781627039505 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 246 str.

Gideon M. Hirschfield; E. Jenny Heathcote

Opis

With a focus on practical patient related issues, Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Guide for Practicing Clinicians serves as a useful practical, and much needed, resource for all those physicians presented with managing patients diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, both acutely and over the long term. It provides a basis for clinicians to understand the etiology of the disease, as well as special circumstances where management dilemmas often arise. Emphasis is given to providing management advice of immediate use to clinicians, something not presently offered by other larger general texts. The chapters are written by those with an expertise and training in this field and include the most up to date information. The book will be of great value to Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, and Internists at all levels who see patients presenting with autoimmune hepatitis.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"This book provides a needed review of autoimmune hepatitis. ... This concise book may find a home on the shelves of hepatologists and gastroenterologists and, because it is readable, it should be useful for students, GI/hepatology fellows, and midlevel providers dealing with liver patients and liver research in the area of autoimmune hepatitis. ... Overall, this is a concise and well-written book on autoimmune hepatitis that is useful for a quick review ... ." (Paul Angulo, Doody's Review Service, November, 2012)

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction

Gideon M. Hirschfield, MD

 

Chapter 2: The Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Hepatitis

John M. Vierling, MD, FACP

 

Chapter 3: Clinical Presentation

E. Jenny Heathcote, MD, FRCP, FRCP (C)

 

Chapter 4: Confirmation of the Diagnosis: Interpreting the Serology

Dimitrios P. Bogdanos, MD

 

Chapter 5: Mimics of Autoimmune Hepatitis: Drug-Induced and Immune-Mediated Liver Disease

Arndt Vogel, MD and Michael P. Manns, MD

 

Chapter 6: When and How to Treat the Adult Patient

Aldo J. Montano-Loza, MD

 

Chapter 7: When and How to Treat the Pediatric Patient

Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPCH and Diego Vergani, MD PhD FRCP FRCPath

 

Chapter 8: Strategies for Treatment Non-Responders: Second Line Therapies and Novel Approaches

Elizabeth Mileti, DO and Marion G Peters, MD

 

Chapter 9: Liver Transplantation for Autoimmune Hepatitis

James Neuberger, DM, FRCP

 

Chapter 10: Autoimmune Hepatitis and Pregnancy

Rachel H. Westbrook MBChB MRCP  and Michael Heneghan, MBChB, MD

 

Chapter 11:Treatment Side Effects and Associated Autoimmune Diseases

Cynthia Levy, MD

 

Chapter 12:Managing the Patient with Features of Overlapping Autoimmune Liver Disease

Kirsten Muri Boberg, MD, PhD

 

Chapter 13: Autoimmune Hepatitis:  A Look Toward the Future

Gideon M Hirschfield, MD

Blurb

With a focus on practical patient related issues, Autoimmune Hepatitis: A Guide for Practicing Clinicians serves as a useful practical, and much needed, resource for all those physicians presented with managing patients diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, both acutely and over the long term. It provides a basis for clinicians to understand the etiology of the disease, as well as special circumstances where management dilemmas often arise. Emphasis is given to providing management advice of immediate use to clinicians, something not presently offered by other larger general texts. The chapters are written by those with an expertise and training in this field and include the most up to date information. This book is of great value to Gastroenterologists, Hepatologists, and Internists at all levels who see patients presenting with autoimmune hepatitis.