Liver Disease, 1st ed. 2019 A Clinical Casebook

This clinical casebook provides a concise yet comprehensive state-of-the-art review of liver disease. Presented in a case-based format, each case features a scenario centered on a different variant of liver disease, with sections on case history, diagnosis/assessment, treatment, outcomes, alternative approaches, and clinical pearls. Diseases covered include drug-induced liver injury, acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, NAFLD, and cholangitis. Scenarios such as liver disease in pregnancy, elevated liver function tests, and liver transplants are also presented in the casebook.

Written by experts in the field, Liver Disease: A Clinical Casebook is a valuable resource for clinicians and practitioners who treat patients with liver disease.

1 Drug-Induced Liver Injury

Dennis L. Shung, Joseph K. Lim 

2 Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis

Sasan Sakiani, Arthur McCullough

3 Ascites

Melissa Corson, Lisa Najarian, Sammy Saab

4 Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 

Mona Hassan, Dilip Moonka

5 Hepatorenal Syndrome

Yumi Ando, Joseph Ahn 

6 Chronic Hepatitis B

Lindsay Meurer, Anthony Post

7 Chronic Hepatitis C

Stanley M. Cohen

8 Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease 

Nael N. Haddad, Amandeep Singh, Mazyar Malakouti, Naim Alkhouri

9 Liver Disease and Pregnancy

Lydia Aye, Tram Tran

10 Asymptomatic, Non-Malignant Liver Masses: A Radiologist’s Approach

Raj Mohan Paspulati

11 Hepatocellular Carcinoma

12 Abnormal Liver Tests

Paul Y. Kwo, Katherine Wong

13 General Care of the Cirrhotic Patient

Paul A Schmeltzer, Mark W. Russo

14 Hepatic Encephalopathy

Eric Kallwitz, Zurabi Lominadze

15 Esophageal Varices

Sofia Simona Jakab, Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao

16 Autoimmune Hepatitis

John F. Reinus, Kristina R. Chacko

17 Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Andrew R. Scheinberg, Cynthia Levy

18 Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Shivani Ketan Shah, Marina G. Silveira

19 General Overview of the Liver Transplant Patient

Anjana Pillai, Thomas Couri

20 Reactivation of Hepatitis B

Perica Davitkov, Yngve Falck-Ytter

21 Surgery in the Patient with Chronic Liver Disease

Jason J. Cano, Stephen C. Pappas

Stanley Martin Cohen, MD, FAASLD, FACG

Medical Director, Hepatology

Digestive Health Institute

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 

Cleveland, OH

USA

Perica Davitkov, MD

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine  

USA