Hepatology: Clinical Cases Uncovered (eBook)

Kathryn Nash, Indra Neil Guha (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2011
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-29464-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Hepatology is an important specialty with diseases and complications related to viral hepatitis and alcohol being the main reason for seeking specialist advice. On most general medical rotations and on most surgical wards there are patients with hepatological problems. Hepatology: Clinical Cases Uncovered contains clinical presentations with real-life patient cases and outcomes as seen on the wards and in exams, and leads students through a practical approach to diagnosis and management of hepatological disease.

Following a question and answer approach, including self-assessment material and a ‘refresher’ section on the basic science, Hepatology: Clinical Cases Uncovered features investigations and the treatment options available for patients presenting with hepatological problems. Difficult concepts are clarified and relevant links are made between pathology and clinical presentation.

Hepatology: Clinical Cases Uncovered is ideal for medical students, junior doctors on the Foundation Programme, GP trainees, residents, specialist nurses and nurse practitioners. The book is also an ideal refresher for hepatology or gastroenterology trainees at the beginning of their specialist training programme

Autor

Kathryn Nash is a Consultant Hepatologist at Southampton General Hospital Indra Neil Guha is Clinical Associate Professor in Hepatology at University of Nottingham

Inhalt

Title 5
Table of Contents 7
Preface 9
Acknowledgements 9
How to use t his b ook 11
Normal values 12
List of abbreviations 13
Basic science 15
Approach to the patient 34
A 19-year old man presenting with jaundice 53
A 25-year old man with nausea, vomiting and jaundice 56
A 45-year old woman presenting with severe right upper quadrant pain and jaundice 60
A 72-year old man with painless jaundice 66
A 23-year old woman with vomiting and epigastric pain 71
A 4-week old baby with jaundice and failure to thrive 77
A 24-year old woman with HIV and tuberculosis develops jaundice 82
Abnormal liver function tests in a collapsed patient 85
Abnormal liver function tests in a pregnant woman 88
A 27-year old woman with a bdominal pain and distension 91
A 40-year old woman with lethargy and pruritus 95
A 25-year old woman with malaise and elevated liver enzymes 101
Deranged liver function tests in a patient with ulcerative colitis 104
Fatigue and deranged liver function tests in a patient with haemophilia 108
A 34-year-old man from Hong Kong with jaundice and vomiting 113
Acute deterioration in a 21-y ear old man with chronic hepatitis B virus infection 120
A 53-y ear-old man with a history of high alcohol intake 122
A 57-y ear-old man with diabetes and elevated a lanine aminotransferase 128
A 42-year-old man with shortness of breath and abnormal liver function tests 134
A 58-year-old man with diabetes and a bnormal liver function tests 137
A 16-year-old boy with cognitive deterioration, ataxia and abnormal l iver function t ests 140
A 43-year-old man with a large gastrointestinal bleed 143
A 58-year-old woman with a distended abdomen 152
A 67-year-old man with cirrhosis and confusion 156
A 47-year-old woman suddenly presents with variceal haemorrhage 160
A 37-year-old woman with a bnormal liver ultrasound 164
A 72-year-old man with right upper quadrant pain and fever 169
A 52-year- old man with diarrhoea and a liver mass 173
A 69-year-old man with a liver mass 175
A 56-year-old man with abnormal liver function t ests 4 weeks after liver transplantation 178
Mcqs 181
Emqs 188
Saqs 193
Mcq answers 195
Emq answers 201
Saq answers 205
Index of cases by diagnosis 209
Index 211

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.11.2011
• Reihe/Serie: Clinical Cases
• Reihe/Serie: Clinical Cases
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Hepatologie
• Schlagworte: Gastroenterologie u. Hepatologie • Gastroenterology & Hepatology • kathryn nash, indra neil guha, hepatology, hepatitis B, hepatitis C • Lebererkrankung • Medical Science • Medizin
• ISBN-10: 1-118-29464-5 / 1118294645
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-29464-2 / 9781118294642