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Liver Disease
Clinical Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Disease
7 related chapters
Chapter 7: Dietary Treatment Of Gastrointestinal Diseases
Chapter 10: Dietary Supplements: Herbs And Vitamins
Chapter 15: Nutrition And Alcoholism
Chapter 20: Nutrition And Liver Disease
Chapter 24: Inborn Errors Of Metabolism For The Gastroenterologist
Chapter 25: Nutrition And Cystic Fibrosis
Chapter 28: Clinical Implications Of Oxidative Stress And Antioxidant Therapy In Gastrointestinal Disease
Common Liver Diseases and Transplantation: An Algorithmic Approach to Work Up and Management
7 related chapters
Chapter 1: Evaluation And Management Of Early Liver Disease
Chapter 2: Medical Care And Special Considerations For Patients With Advanced Liver Disease/Cirrhosis
Chapter 3: Hepatocellular Carcinoma And Cholangiocarcinoma
Chapter 4: Evaluation Of The Transplant Candidate
Chapter 5: Long-Term Management Of The Liver Transplant Recipient
Chapter 9: Autoimmune And Cholestatic Diseases
Chapter 10: Inherited Metabolic Liver Diseases
Complicated Cases in GI
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Chapter 40: Progressive Ascites In a Patient From Sierra Leone
Chapter 42: Fulminant Hepatic Failure Following an Elective Colonoscopy
Chapter 43: New-Onset Jaundice In a Bodybuilder
Chapter 44: An Uncommon Cause of Ascites
Chapter 45: Elevated Liver Enzymes After in Vitro Fertilization
Chapter 46: Elevated Alkaline Phosphatase Level and Renal Cell Carcinoma
Chapter 48: Fulminant Hepatic Failure Following a Walk in the Woods
Chapter 50: Seaside Septicemia
Chapter 57: Abdominal Pain Following Liver Transplantation
Curbside Consultation in Endoscopy: 49 Clinical Questions, Second Edition
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Question 33: A 48-Year-Old Male Had Liver Transplantation 9 Months Ago For Chronic Hep C Cirrhosis. He Presented Recently With Recurrence Of Jaundice And Impaired Lfts. How Should I Manage This Patient?
Curbside Consultation in GI Cancer for the Gastroenterologist: 49 Clinical Questions
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Question 32: Which Patients With Hepatocellular Cancer Are Candidates For Liver Transplantation Or Surgical Resection?
Question 33: In Nonsurgical Patients With Hepatocellular Cancer, What Treatment Options Exist, And How Effective Are They?
Question 40: How Should Patients With A Solitary Liver Metastasis From Colon Cancer Be Evaluated And Treated?
Curbside Consultation in IBD: 49 Clinical Questions, Second Edition
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Question 29: My Patient Has Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis And Ulcerative Colitis. Is There A Role For Ursodeoxycholic Acid Anymore?
Curbside Consultation of the Liver: 49 Clinical Questions
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Question 17: What Things Could Cause My Patient With Hiv To Develop Jaundice?
Question 18: Should I Stop Hiv Medications In A Patient Who Has Developed An Elevation In Serum Transaminases?
Question 19: What Is The Best Screening Test For Genetic Hemochromatosis?
Question 20: How Frequently Should I Have A Patient With Genetic Hemochromatosis Undergo Phlebotomy?
Question 21: What Is The Best Screening Test For Wilson’S Disease?
Question 22: What Should I Tell My Patient Who Is A Carrier For Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency?
Question 26: Which Patients With Fatty Liver Disease On Ultrasound Require A Liver Biopsy?
Question 27: An Obese Patient With Hypercholesterolemia Was Recently Started On A Statin And Is Now Found To Have Elevated Serum Liver Transaminases. Do I Need To Stop This Medication?
Question 28: What Is The Best Treatment To Utilize In A Patient With Fatty Liver Disease And Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus?
Question 29: My Patient With Chronic Hepatitis C Also Has Evidence Of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis On His Liver Biopsy. What Can I Do To Increase His Chance Of Responding To Peginterferon And Ribavirin Treatment?
Question 30: Can A Patient Of Normal Body Weight, A Normal Serum Cholesterol Level, And No History Of Diabetes Have Fatty Liver Disease?
Question 31: When Should I Initiate Treatment With Ursodeoxycholic Acid And What Dose Should I Utilize In My Patient With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis?
Question 32: What Type Of Testing Does My Patient With Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Require?
Question 33: Is Ursodeoxycholic Acid Effective For The Treatment Of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis?
Question 34: Should I Be Screening My Patients With Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis For Cholangiocarcinoma?
Question 35: Should All Patients With Suspected Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Undergo An Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiography To Confirm This Diagnosis?
Question 39: Which Patients With Chronic Liver Disease Should I Screen For Hepatocellular Carcinoma?
Question 41: A Healthy Patient Not Known To Have Chronic Liver Disease, With Normal Liver Chemistries And Liver Function, Was Found To Have A 4-Centimeter Liver Mass On Ultrasound. Should I Biopsy This?
Question 42: I Was Asked To See A Patient With Tense Ascites. How Much Ascites Is Safe To Remove At Any One Time?
Question 43: I Have Been Increasing The Dose Of Diuretics In My Patient With Ascites Over Several Weeks. He Still Has Ascites But Has Now Developed An Elevation In Serum Creatinine To 2.0 Mg/Dl. What Should I Do?
Question 46: My Patient With Hepatic Encephalopathy Continues To Be Mildly Confused Despite Taking Lactulose Twice Daily And Having Multiple Episodes Of Diarrhea Daily. Should I Increase The Dose Further?
Question 49: I Have Been Asked To See A Patient Who Had A Liver Transplant 5 Years Ago In Another State. He Has Not Been Seen By His Liver Transplant Center In 2 Years. His Serum Creatinine Is 2.5 Mg/Dl But His Liver Enzymes And Liver Function Tests Are Normal. He Does Not Want To Go Back To His Transplant Center. What Should I Do?
Curbside Consultation of the Pancreas: 49 Clinical Questions
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Question 42: I Have A Patient With Suspected Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. What Do I Need To Know And How Do I Establish The Diagnosis?
Question 43: Caroli’S Disease, What Do I Need To Know?
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