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Nutrition and Gastrointestinal Disease by Mark De Legge Softcover - 340 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-GHE5 $132.70 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN: 9781588298089

• Comprehensive guide to nutrition’s affects on disease management
• Authors provide expert nutritional knowledge and management ideas
• Provides methodology for combating problems such as short bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease and obesity

Nutritional support of people with gastrointestinal impairment is critical to treatment and ultimately successful management. As such, gastroenterologists should be experts in nutrition and knowledgeable about the affects of nutrition on disease management. Nutritional and Gastrointestinal Disease fulfills that need, serving as a hands-on, practical reference in nutrition support for the clinical gastroenterologist and other clinicians with similar interests. The volume offers expert nutritional knowledge and management ideas as well as methodology for combating problems such as short bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease and obesity. Renowned authorities also investigate nutrition’s influence on such issues as liver failure and acute pancreatitis. While gastroenterology training programs around the world remain deficient in their nutrition curriculum, Nutritional and Gastrointestinal Disease provides a comprehensive and groundbreaking support for clinical gastroenterologists

Contents:
Nutrition Assessment. Malnutrition and Disease Outcomes. Nutrition and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Nutrition and Liver Failure. Nutrition and Pancreatitis. Celiac Disease. Nutrition in Gastrointestinal Cancer. Management of the Short Bowel Syndrome Patient. Management of the Obese Patient. Enteral Access and Enteral Nutrition. Parenteral Nutrition. Vascular Access for Parenteral Nutrition. Nutrition Based Homecare

Atlas of Endomicroscopy by Ralf Kiesslich, Peter R. Galle, and Markus F. Neurath Hardcover - 98 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-GHE1 $180.85 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN:  9783540347576

The first book dealing with the new insights of endomicroscopy

Endomicroscopy is a newly developed diagnostic tool which enables in vivo microscopy with subcellular resolution during ongoing endoscopy in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. Thus, endomicroscopy is a revolutionary technology because it provides the endoscopists for the first time with information about living cells in humans. Endoscopy and pathology are no longer separate subjects and thus endomicroscopy leads to a close interaction between endoscopist and pathologist. This Atlas of Endomicroscopy is the first book dealing with the new insights of endomicroscopy and provides you an overview about the development, the requirements, the technique, current indications and further possibilities of endomicroscopy.

Contents:

Prologue - Foreword

Chapter 1: Development of Endoscopic Devices: Past, Present and Future
Chapter 2: Surface analysis with magnifying chromoendoscopy in the colon
Chapter 3: Development and current technological status of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
Chapter 4: Examination technique of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
Chapter 5: The Technique of Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy from the Perspective of a New User
Chapter 6: Microarchitecture of the normal gut seen with conventional histology and endomicroscopy
Chapter 7: Endomicroscopy of GI-Disorders

7.1. Endomicroscopy in early esophageal squamous cell neoplasias
7.2. Barrett’s esophagus
7.3 Endomicroscopy of gastritis and gastric cancer
7.4. Endomicroscopy of Small Bowel diseases: Celiac Disease, Lymphoma
7.5. Endomicroscopy of colon pathology
7.6. Endomicroscopy in acute Graft-versus-Host Disease
8. Live tissue imaging with conventional confocal microscopy
9. Functional and molecular imaging with Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy
10. Future Trends in Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy: Improved Imaging Quality and Immunoendoscopy.

Gastroenterology and Hepatology: A Clinical Handbook, 2e by Nicholas J Talley, Martin D Weltman, and Isidore Segal Hardcover - 560 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE7 $ 47.25 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780729537759

The book will aim to provide a simple, practical management approaches rather than detailed disease information. It will have a problem based focus concentrating on providing management solutions in emergency situations where clinicians have limited time. There will also be detailed chapters on preparing patients for procedures such as endoscopy and biopsy.

Luminal Gastroenterology

Chapter 1 Sore Mouth
Chapter 2 Dysphagia and Odynophagia
Chapter 3 Heartburn, Acid Regurgitation, and Barrett's Esophagus
Chapter 4 Dyspepsia and Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia
Chapter 5 Nausea and Vomiting
Chapter 6 Acute Abdominal Pain
Chapter 7 Chronic Abdominal Pain
Chapter 8 Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Functional Bowel Disease
Chapter 9 Bloating and Abdominal Distention
Chapter 10 Hematemesis, Melena and Hematochezia
Chapter 11 Occult Blood in Stools, Asymptomatic Iron Deficiency Anemia
Chapter 12 Acute Diarrhea
Chapter 13 Chronic Diarrhea
Chapter 14 Acute and Chronic Constipation
Chapter 15 Colorectal Cancer
Chapter 16 Screening for Colon Cancer
Chapter 17 Fecal Incontinence
Chapter 18 Weight Loss and Anorexia
Chapter 19 Anal Pain
Chapter 20 Eating Disorders
Chapter 21 Practical Issues in Nutrition and Supplementation in Gastrointestinal Disease
Chapter 22 HIV Positive and Gastrointestinal Symptoms: Next Steps Eating Disorders
Chapter 23 Obesity Surgery for the Gastroenterologist
Chapter 24 How to Prepare Patients for Endoscopic Procedures
Chapter 25 Anesthesia for Endoscopy

Hepatology

Chapter 26 Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Chapter 27 Acute Viral Hepatitis
Chapter 28 Hepatitis C Positive Patient
Chapter 29 Hepatitis B Positive Patient
Chapter 30 Suspected Iron Overload or High Serum Ferritin
Chapter 31 Chronic Non-Viral Hepatitis
Chapter 32 Cholestasis and Jaundice
Chapter 33 Obesity and Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Chapter 34 Abnormal Liver Function Tests and the Heavy Alcohol Drinker
Chapter 35 Drugs and Liver Disease
Chapter 36 Family History of Liver Disease
Chapter 37 Granulomatous Hepatitis
Chapter 38 Mass in the Liver
Chapter 39 Nutrition in the Patient with Chronic Liver Disease
Chapter 40 Endstage Liver Disease
Chapter 41 Acute Liver Failure
Chapter 42 Liver Transplantation
Chapter 43 Pregnancy and Liver Disease
Chapter 44 How To Prepare Patients for Liver Biopsy

Capsule Endoscopy by Douglas O. Faigel, and David R. Cave Hardcover - 256 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE8 $276.35 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781416034025

This very first comprehensive resource on capsule endoscopy clearly explains everything you need to know about video capsule endoscopy. It will help you efficiently and effectively diagnose hard to pinpoint GI conditions, including obscure GI bleeding, malabsorption, chronic abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Abundantly illustrated, this unique resource features clinical guidelines and authoritative guidance from expert contributors to ensure you understand every nuance of capsule endoscopy-from how the capsule works to setting up your own suite to the use of capsule endoscopy for each part of the small intestine to non-small bowel indications.

• Includes more than 900 images and videos - including relevant pathology slides - of all conditions that can be identified using a capsule endoscope so you can make the best informed diagnosis.
• Presents detailed discussions on preparation, techniques, indications, precautions, contraindications, diagnostic checklists, further testing suggestions, and billing guidelines to help you confidently handle everything you might encounter in clinical practice.
• Examines the developing indications for the technique to prepare you for the widespread use of the procedure in the near future.
• Uses a tightly focused, consistently organized format, ensuring you get all the information you need without the repetition you don’t want.
• Offers a DVD of procedural video clips that provide context and clinical relevancy to static images and enhances interpretation.
• Features a downloadable image bank that lets you create electronic presentation.

ERCP by Todd Baron, Richard Kozarek, and David Leslie Carr-Locke Hardcover - 572 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE9 $276.35 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781416042716

This is the most comprehensive and user-friendly book yet produced on ERCP. For the first time it combines an in-depth review of this complex topic with easily accessible, detailed and authoritative instructions on how to safely gain access to the biliary and pancreatic ducts and deliver effective therapy. The intricacies of the procedures are shown using beautifully drawn step-by-step illustrations. This book is dedicated to simplifying and explaining everything that you need to know to effectively and safely practice ERCP.

• Uses the clearest, most detailed instructions on performing ERCP produced to date, so you can follow each procedure in-depth.
• Includes stunning, full-color, step-by-step illustrations to guide you through each procedure.
• Organizes information simply and consistently, making finding what you need quick and easy.
• Contains a section on how to ensure that ERCP is the appropriate therapy for your patient.
• Includes a DVD-ROM featuring video instruction for each step of the procedure.

Table of Contents:

Section 1: General topics

1. Medicolegal Issues
2. The ERCP Room
3. Radiologic Issues in ERCP
4. Endoscopes, Guidewires and Accessories
5. Sedation and Analgesia for ERCP
6. Complications of ERCP: Prediction, Prevention and Management
7. ERCP Training

Section 2: Techniques

8. Cannulation of the Major and Minor Papilla
9. Access (Precut) Sphincterotomy: Conceptual Philosophy and Technical Details
10. Sphincter of Oddi Manometry
11. Balloon Dilation of the Papilla
12. Biliary Sphincterotomy
13. Stone Extraction
14. Pancreatic Sphincterotomy
15. Minor Papilla Endoscopic Sphincterotomy
16. Plastic Pancreatic and Biliary Stents: Concepts and Insertion Techniques
17. Expandable Stent Insertion
18. Stent Removal: Migrated and Non-migrated 19 Papillectomy/Ampullectomy
20. Pancreatoscopy
21. Cholangioscopy
22. ERCP in Children
23. ERCP in Pregnancy
24. ERCP in Surgically Altered Anatomy

Section 3: Approach to Clinical Problems

25. Dilated Bile Duct
26. Ampullary Neoplasm
27. Malignant Biliary Obstruction: Distal Raed Alsulaiman and Alan N. Barkun
28. Malignant Biliary Obstruction: Hilar
29. Indeterminate Biliary Stricture
30. Benign Biliary Strictures
31. Biliary Surgery Complications including Transplantation
32. ERCP for the Acute and Chronic Complications of Pancreatic Surgery
33. Choledocholithiasis
34. Pancreaticobiliary Pain and Suspected SOD
35. Sclerosing Cholangitis
36. Choledochal Cysts
37. Parasitic Disease: Endoscopic Diagnosis and Management of Tropical Parasitic Infestations
38. Recurrent Pyogenic Cholangitis
39. Biliary Interventions in Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis
40. Pancreatic Interventions in Acute Pancreatitis: Ascites, Fistulae, Leaks and Other Disruptions
41. Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis: Role of ERCP in Diagnosis and Therapy
42. Pancreas Divisum and Other Pancreaticobiliary Anomalies
43. Chronic Pancreatitis: Stones and Strictures
44. Suspected IPMN and Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas
45. Endoscopic Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocysts, Abscesses and Organized (Walled-Off) Necrosis

Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Review and Assessment by Anthony J. Dimarino  Hardcover - 288 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE10 $114.55 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781416033660

Featuring the experience of new editor Anthony J. DiMarino, MD, the 3rd Edition of this interactive review book helps you study, update, and test your knowledge of gastrointestinal and liver disease. More than 1,000 multiple-choice questions - each cross referenced to the parent text - include an answer with a short explanation to help fill in any gaps in your understanding. A bonus web site includes all the questions online, plus instant scoring and feedback, and links through to the supporting material in the parent text.

• Presents questions representative of the types featured on the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Subspecialty Examination in Gastroenterology.
• Includes references to the most recent medical literature, as well as to specific pages in the parent text.

Table of Contents:

Section 1. Nutrition and Biliary
Section 2. Multiple Organs
Section 3. Esophagus
Section 4. Stomach and Duodenum
Section 5. Pancreas
Section 6. Liver
Section 7. Small and Large Intestine

Atlas of Clinical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy by Mel Wilcox, Miguel Munoz-Navas, and Joseph Jy Sung Hardcover - 504 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE11 $266.35 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781416031734

Accurately identify a full range of gastrointestinal disorders using endoscopy! This high-quality atlas equips you with more than 2,400 state-of-the-art GI endoscopy images capturing every facet of normal GI anatomy and pathophysiology, for ideal comparison to any endoscopic finding you encounter in practice. Correlative histologic and radiologic findings help you to arrive at confident diagnoses.

• Provides more than 2,400 images that depict the complete spectrum of distinct presentations—more than any other atlas available.
• Organizes chapters by body system and then disease, to help you quickly find the images you need.
• Correlates endoscopic findings with relevant histology and radiology.
• Features thumbnail diagrams that identify key features in images without obscuring the picture.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Oropharynx and Hypopharynx
Chapter 2. Esophagus
Chapter 3. Stomach
Chapter 4. Duodenum and Small Bowel
Chapter 5. Colon
Chapter 6. Anorectum
Chapter 7. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography
Index

Liver Radioembolization with 90Y Microspheres Edited by José Ignacio Bilbao, and Maximilian F. Reiser Hardcover - 185 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# DA-GHE6 $132.70 BUY Published:  2007    ISBN: 9783540354215

• Provides an in-depth account of all aspects of liver radioembolization, a relatively novel technique that allows delivery of high doses of beta-radiation specifically to the tumoral area
• Includes detailed relevant information on candidate selection, vascular anatomy, dosimetry and treatment evaluation
• Presents initial promising clinical results and potential side-effects
• Examines future directions

This book provides an in-depth account of all aspects of radioembolization, a relatively novel technique based on the efficacy of radiotherapy for the treatment of liver tumours. Radioembolization combines embolization (intravascular deployment of particles – microspheres loaded with yttrium-90) and brachytherapy (local administration of radiotherapy), thereby allowing delivery of high doses of beta-radiation specifically to the tumoral area in an attempt to overcome the problem of permanent radiation-induced damage to nontumoral liver parenchyma. Performance of the procedure demands close familiarity with the hepatic vascular anatomy in order to ensure avoidance of vessels going to other territories. Furthermore, a detailed knowledge of liver function, tumour volume, and liver vascular shunting is needed in order to calculate the appropriate therapeutic dose in each particular case. All of these topics are addressed in depth in this book, and initial promising clinical results are presented.

Contents:
Microspheres: Concepts and Principles. Identification of Candidates and Selection Criteria. Radiologic Evaluation of Patients with Liver Tumours. Vascular Anatomy and Angiographic Techniques. Identifying and Managing Anatomical Variants. Dosimetry and Dose Calculation. Improving Treatment Design by Image Fusion Techniques. Nuclear Medicine Procedures for Treatment Evaluation. Radiologic Assessment of Tumour Response. Results in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Results in Liver Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Results in Other Liver Metastases. Results in Liver Metastases from Neuroendocrine Tumours. Complications and Side-Effects. Future Directions in Radioembolization. Subject Index. List of Contributors.

Hepatotoxicity: From Genomics to In Vitro and In Vivo Models by Saura Sahu Hardcover - 704 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-GHE3 $268.20 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9780470057162

This book addresses all the current, up-to-date developments in this scientific discipline. Liver is the chief metabolizing site in the body, and thus, it is a major target organ for drug and chemical toxicity. Therefore, hepatotoxicity is an important endpoint in the safety evaluation of drugs and chemicals.

Contributions from leading investigators in hepatotoxicity research address current developments in this scientific discipline and discuss use of current cutting edge technology such as microarrays in hepatotoxicity thus providing a better understanding of hepatotoxins, their interactions and mechanisms of action.

This valuable authoritative source of information is the first book to address this topic for nearly ten years, making it an essential resource for readers from a wide range of disciplines such as toxicology, pharmacology, hepatology, drug toxicity and food science.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements

SECTION 1: MODELS FOR HEPATOTOXICITY TESTING

1. Current in vitro Models to Study Drug-Induced Liver Injury
2. Utilization of an in vitro Hepatotoxicity Test in the Early Stage of Drug Discovery
3. Use of Hepatocytes for Characterizing a Candidate Drug’s Metabolism and Drug Interaction Potential
4. Human-Based in vitro Experimental Systems for the Evaluation of Human Drug Safety
5. Hepatocytes as a Model for Screening Food-Related Hepatotoxins and Studying Mechanisms of their Toxicity
6. Some Experimental Models of Liver Damage

SECTION 2: HEPATOCYTE CULTURES

7. Application of Short- and Long-Term Hepatocyte Cultures to Predict Toxicities

SECTION 3: BIOMARKERS OF HEPATOTOXICITY

8. Biomarkers of Mycotoxin Exposure in Liver Toxicity

SECTION 4: MECHANISMS OF HEPATOTOXICITY

9. Mechanisms of Toxic Liver Injury
10. A Role of Cytochrome P450 in Quinone-Induced Hepatotoxicity
11. A Mechanistic View of Troglitazone Hepatotoxicity
12. Role of the Kupffer Cell in Hepatotoxicity and Hepatocarcinogenesis
13. Sinusoidal Cells in Liver Injury and Repair
14. Cytokines in Liver Diseases
15. Bile Acids as Modulators of Apoptosis
16. Drug-Induced Intrahepatic Cholestasis by Interaction with the Hepatic Bile Salt Export Pump (BSEP)

SECTION 5: GENOMICS OF HEPATOTOXICITY

17. Application of Toxicogenomics in Predicting Hepatotoxicity – Potentials and Challenges
18. Genomic Profiling of Liver Injury
19. Use of DNA Arrays in Understanding Hepatic Test Systems.
20. Prediction of Hepatotoxicity Based on the Toxicogenomics Database
21. Relationship between N-acetyltransferase-2 Gene Polymorphism and Isoniazid-Induced Hepatotoxicity

SECTION 6: GENDER DIFFERENCES IN HEPATOTOXICITY

22. Human and Animal-Based Differences in Hepatic Xenobiotic Metabolism and Toxicity

SECTION 7: HEPATOTOXICITY AND HEPATOCARCINOGENICITY

23. Hepatotoxicity in Oncology Drug Development

24. The Potent Rat Hepatocarcinogen Methapyrilene: An Hypothesis Regarding its Hepatotoxicology

SECTION 8: HEPATOTOXICITY AND BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENTS

25. Botanical Supplements and Hepatotoxicity

SECTION 9: RISK ANALYSIS OF HEPATOTOXINS

26. Physiologically Based Pharmokinetic Modeling and Risk Assessment of Hepatotoxicants

Index

The Textbook of Hepatology: From Basic Science to Clinical Practice 3E by Juan Rodes, Jean-Pierre Benhamou, Andres Blei, Juerg Reichen, and Mario Rizzetto Hardcover - 2,360 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-GHE4 $777.25 BUY Published:  2007   ISBN:  9781405127417

THE encyclopedic guide to hepatology
For consultation by clinicians and basic scientists

Previously the Oxford Textbook of Clinical Hepatology, this two-volume textbook is now with Blackwell Publishing. It covers basic, clinical and translational science (converting basic science discoveries into the practical applications to benefit people).

Edited by ten leading experts in the liver and biliary tract and their diseases, along with outstanding contributions from over 200 international clinicians, this text has global references, evidence and extensive subject matter – giving you the best science and clinical practice discussed by the best authors.

It includes unique sections on:

• Symptoms and signs in liver disease
• Industrial diseases affecting the liver
• The effects of diseases of other systems on the liver
• The effects of liver diseases on other systems

It’s bigger and more extensive than other books and discusses new areas in more depth such as stem cells, genetics, genomics, proteomics, transplantation, mathematics and much more. Plus, it comes with a fully searchable CD ROM of the entire content.

Table of Contents:

Section 1: Architecture of the liver

1.1 Macroscopic anatomy of the liver
1.2 Liver and biliary tract histology
1.3 Ultrastructure of the hepatocyte
1.4 Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells
1.5 Kupffer cells
1.6 The hepatic stellate cell
1.7 Biliary epithelial cells
1.8 Hepatic stem cells
1.9 Embryology of the liver and intrahepatic biliary tract


Section 2: Functions of the liver

2.1 Hepatic circulation
2.1.1 Regulation of hepatic blood flow
2.1.2 Hepatic microcirculation
2.1.3 Hepatic lymph and lymphatics
2.2 Functions of the liver
2.2.1 Functional organization of the liver
2.2.2 Cell biology of the hepatocyte
2.2.3 Molecular biology of the liver cell
2.2.4 Hepatic transport processes
2.2.5 Modulation of liver function by hepatic nerves
2.2.6 In vitro techniques: isolated organ perfusion, slices, cells and subcellular elements
2.3 Metabolism

Intermediate metabolism

2.3.1 Carbohydrates and the liver
2.3.2 Lipoprotein metabolism
2.3.3 Protein and amino acid metabolism
2.3.4 Mitochondria and energy formation

Liver-specific functions

2.3.5 Bilirubin metabolism
2.3.6 Metabolism of bile acids
2.3.7 Ammonia, urea production and pH regulation
2.3.8 Protein synthesis and degradation in the liver
2.3.9 Glutathione
2.3.10 Haem biosynthesis and excretion of porphyrins

Metabolism of endo/xenobiotics

2.3.11 Vitamins and the liver (A and D)
2.3.12 Normal iron metabolism
2.3.13 Normal copper metabolism and reducing copper to subnormal levels for therapeutic purposes
2.3.14 Trace elements and the liver
2.3.15 Hepatic metabolism of drugs
2.4 Synthetic function
2.4.1 Albumin and other carrier proteins
2.4.2 The liver and coagulation
2.4.3 Function and metabolism of collagen and other extracellular matrix proteins
2.5 Regulation of the liver cell mass
2.5.1 Control of liver cell proliferation
2.5.2 Regeneration of chronically injured liver
2.6 Excretion
2.6.1 Physiology of bile formation
2.6.2 Motility of the biliary tree
2.7 Immunology of the liver
2.7.1 Cytokines in liver physiology and liver pathology
2.7.2 Intrahepatic lymphocytes
2.7.3 Antibody production and transport in the liver

Section 3: Basic concepts in pathobiology

3.1 Hepatocyte apoptosis and necrosis
3.2 Ischaemia-reperfusion injury to the liver
3.3 Genetics and liver diseases
3.3.1 Genetic polymorphisms in liver disease
3.3.2 Immunogenetics of liver disease
3.3.3 Genetic determinants of complex liver diseases: mouse models and quantitative trait locus analysis
3.4 Cellular cholestasis
3.5 Oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes
3.6 Genomics, gene arrays and proteomics in the study of liver disease

Section 4: Pathology

4.1 Histological features
4.2 Classifications, scoring systems and morphometry in liver pathology

Section 5: Investigation of hepatobiliary disease

5.1 Signs and symptoms of liver disease
5.2 Biochemical investigations in the management of liver disease
5.3 Hepatic removal kinetics: importance for quantitative measurements of liver function
5.4 Immunological investigations in liver diseases
5.5 Biopsy and laparoscopy
5.6 Imaging of the liver
5.6.1 Ultrasonography
5.6.2 Computerized tomography imaging of the liver
5.6.3 Magnetic resonance imaging
5.6.4 Angiography
5.6.5 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
5.7 Interventional radiology in hepatobiliary diseases
5.8 Positron emission tomography of the liver
5.9 Splanchnic haemodynamic investigations
5.10 The Cochrane Hepatobiliary Group

Section 6: Cirrhosis

6.1 The evolution of cirrhosis
6.2 Cellular and molecular pathobiology of liver fibrosis and its pharmacological intervention
6.3 Clinical and diagnostic aspects of cirrhosis


Section 7: Portal hypertension and its complications

7.1 Anatomy of the portal venous system in portal hypertension
7.2 Pathogenesis of portal hypertension
7.3 Clinical manifestions and management of bleeding episodes in cirrhotics
7.4 Haemodynamic assessment of portal hypertension
7.5 Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of ascites in cirrhosis
7.6 Hepatorenal syndrome
7.7 Pulmonary complications of portal hypertension
7.8 Hepatic encephalopathy
7.9 Bacterial infections in portal hypertension
7.10 Hypersplenism


Section 8: Congenital hepatic fibrosis and non-parasitic cystic lesions of the liver and bile ducts

8.1 Congenital conditions
8.1.1 Congenital hepatic fibrosis
8.1.2 Simple cyst of the liver
8.1.3 Polycystic kidney disease
8.1.4 Polycystic liver disease
8.1.5 Biliary hamartomas
8.1.6 Peribiliary cysts
8.1.7 Caroli syndrome
8.1.8 Choledochal cyst
8.1.9 Ciliated hepatic foregut cyst
8.2 Acquired conditions
8.2.1 Inflammatory cystic diseases
8.2.2 Neoplasms including cystadenoma
8.2.3 Post-traumatic cystic diseases

Section 9: Viral infections of the liver

9.1 Viral hepatitis
9.1.1 Viral hepatitis
9.1.2 The viruses of hepatitis

i) Structure, replication and laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus
ii) Structure, replication and laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis C virus
iii) Hepatitis A
iv) Hepatitis B
v) Hepatitis D
vi) Hepatitis C
vii) Hepatitis E

9.1.3 Prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis

i) Vaccines against hepatitis A
ii) Hepatitis B vaccines and immunization
iii) Therapy of acute viral hepatitis
iv) Antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B
v) Therapy for chronic hepatitis C

9.2 Systemic virosis producing hepatitis
9.3 Human immunodeficiency virus and the liver
9.4 Exotic virus infections of the liver

Section 10: Other infections of the liver

10.1 Bacterial, rickettsial and spirochaetal infections
10.2 Fungal infections affecting the liver
10.3 Protozoal infections affecting the liver
10.3.1 Amoebiasis, giardiasis and cryptosporidiosis
10.3.2 Malaria
10.3.3 Visceral leishmaniasis
10.4 Helminthiasis
10.4.1 Blood flukes (schistosomes) and liver flukes
10.4.2 Echinococcosis of the liver
10.4.3 Ascariasis, visceral larva migrans, strongyloidiasis, capillariasis and pentastomiasis.

Section 11: Immune disorders of the liver

11.1 Primary biliary cirrhosis
11.2 Autoimmune hepatitis
11.3 Sclerosing cholangitis
11.4 Vanishing bile duct syndrome
11.5 Overlap syndromes

Section 12: Alcoholic liver disease

12.1 Epidemiological aspects of alcoholic liver disease
12.2 Ethanol metabolism and pathogenesis of alcoholic liver injury
12.3 Pathology of alcoholic liver disease
12.4 Alcoholic liver disease: natural history, diagnosis, clinical features, evaluation, prognosis and management
12.5 Management of the alcoholic patient, including alcoholism and extrahepatic manifestations

Section 13: Hepatic non-alcoholic steatosis

13. Non-alcoholic fatty liver and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Section 14: Toxic liver injury.

14.1 Drug-induced liver injury
14.2 Toxic liver injury
14.3 Hepatic injury due to physical agents
14.4 Hepatic toxicity induced by herbal medicines

Section 15: Acute liver failure

15. Acute liver failure and related syndromes

Section 16: Genetic and metabolic diseases

16.1 Wilson’s disease
16.2 Haemochromatosis
16.3 Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency and related disorders
16.4 The liver in cystic fibrosis
16.5 Human hereditary porphyrias
16.6 Hyperbilirubinaemia
16.7 The liver in intracellular and extracellular lipidosis
16.8 Glycogen storage diseases
16.9 Mitochondriopathies
16.10 Genetic cholestatic diseases

Section 17: Vascular diseases

17.1 Hepatic artery diseases
17.2 Obstruction of the portal vein
17.3 Disorders of the hepatic veins and hepatic sinusoids
17.4 Congenital vascular malformations

Section 18: Tumours of the liver.

18.1 Benign hepatic tumours
18.1.1 Liver haemangioma
18.1.2 Benign hepatocellular tumours
18.2 Malignant tumours
18.2.1 Primary liver cell carcinoma
18.2.2 Malignant mesenchymal tumours of the liver
18.3 Metastatic tumours
18.3.1 Metastatic liver disease
18.3.2 Carcinoid tumours

Section 19: Biliary tract diseases

19.1 Intrahepatic cholestasis
19.2 Extrahepatic biliary obstruction: systemic effects, diagnosis and management
19.3 Gallstone disease
19.4 Cholangitis and biliary tract infections
19.5 Haemobilia
19.6 Biliary dyskinesia
19.7 Benign biliary tumours
19.8 Gallbladder carcinoma
19.9 Cholangiocarcinoma

Section 20: The liver in diseases of other systems

20.1 The liver in cardiovascular disease
20.2 The liver in lung diseases
20.3 The effect of gastrointestinal diseases on the liver and biliary tract
20.4 Total parenteral nutrition-related liver disease
20.5 The effect of skin diseases on the liver
20.6 The liver in urogenital diseases
20.7 The effect of haematological and lymphatic diseases on the liver
20.8 The liver in graft-vs.-host disease
20.9 The effect of endocrine diseases on liver function
20.10 Musculoskeletal diseases and the liver
20.11 Amyloidosis
20.12 Hepatic granulomas

Section 21: The impact of liver disease on other systems

21.1 The effect of liver disease on the cardiovascular system
21.2 The effect of liver disease on the endocrine system
21.3 Haematological abnormalities in liver disease
21.4 Haemostasis in liver disease
21.5 The effect of liver disease on the gastrointestinal tract
21.6 The effect of liver disease on the skin
21.7 Effect of liver on the urogenital tract
21.8 The nervous system in liver disease
21.9 The effect of liver disease on bone
21.10 The effect of liver disease on nutritional status and energy metabolism

Section 22: The liver in specific settings

22.1 Paediatric liver diseases
22.2 Liver diseases in the elderly
22.3 Liver diseases and pregnancy

Section 23: The management of liver diseases

23.1 The general management of liver diseases
23.2 Nutritional aspects of liver and biliary disease
23.3 Prescribing drugs in liver disease
23.4 Management of pretransplant patients

Section 24: Surgery, anaesthesia and the liver

24.1 General surgical aspects and the risks of liver surgery in patients with hepatic disease
24.2 Anaesthesia and liver disease
24.3 Postoperative jaundice
24.4 Hepatobiliary trauma

Section 25: Liver transplantation

25.1 Surgical techniques.
25.1.1 Liver transplantation
25.1.2 Split-liver transplantation
25.1.3 The surgical technique of living donor liver transplantation using the right hepatic lobe
25.2 Liver transplantation: indications, contraindications and results
25.3 The perioperative care and complications of liver transplantation
25.4 Immunosuppression
25.5 Recurrent disease and management in liver transplantation
25.6 Post-transplantation management and complications
25.7 Liver transplantation and quality of life
25.8 Emerging therapies
25.8.1 Hepatocyte transplantation
25.8.2 Liver support

Section 26: Mathematics in hepatology

26.1 Models in clinical hepatology
26.2 Outcomes research in hepatology
26.3 Meta-analysis
26.4 Economic considerations in hepatology
26.5 Development of the liver interactome: mapping the regulatory networks

Section 27: Appendices

27.1 Geographic distribution of infections causing liver disease
27.2 Liver injury in man ascribed to non-drug chemicals and natural toxins
27.3 Rare diseases with hepatic abnormalities.
 

Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease by Robert Wyllie, and Jeffrey S. Hyams Hardcover - 1,348 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE12 $336.35 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780721639246

Here's everything you need to treat the full range of pediatric GI and liver diseases...in a convenient, concise single source. Drs Wyllie and Hyams - along with more than 80 experts in the field - bring you a clinically focused reference featuring a uniform chapter organization and a wealth of illustrations and diagrams to make guidance easy to both find and apply.

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• Presents abundant explanatory diagrams which clarify complex concepts.
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• Integrates pathophysiology, clinical evidence, and patient-oriented information throughout.

SECTION ONE BIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION
Chapter 1. Development of the Gastrointestinal Tract Chapter 2. Basics Aspects of Digestion and Absorption Chapter 3. Bile Acid Physiology and alterations in the Enterohepatic Circulation Chapter 4. Indigenous Flora Chapter 5. Gastrointestinal Motility Chapter 6. Mucosal Immunology and Mechanisms of Inflammation

SECTION TWO CLINICAL PROBLEMS
Chapter 7. Chronic Abdominal Pain of Childhood and Adolescence Chapter 8. Nausea and Vomiting Chapter 9. Diarrhea Chapter 10. Colic and Intestinal Gas Chapter 11. Constipation and Encopresis Chapter 12. Failure to Thrive Chapter 13. Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage Chapter 14. Eating Disorders and Obesity Chapter 15. Jaundice Chapter 16. Ascites Chapter 17. Caustic Ingestion and Foreign Bodies

SECTION THREE THE ESOPHAGUS
Chapter 18. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Esophagus Chapter 19. Congential Malformations of the Esophagus Chapter 20. Gastroesophageal Reflux Chapter 21. Achalasia and Other Motor Disorders Chapter 22. Other Disease of the Esophagus

SECTION FOUR THE STOMACH
Chapter 23. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach Chapter 24. Pyloric Stenosis and Congenital Anomalies of the Stomach and Duodenum Chapter 25. Gastritis and Ulcers in Children Chapter 26. Gastropathies: Pathophysiology and Clinical Features Chapter 27. Gastric Motility Disorders Chapter 28. Bezoars

SECTION FIVE THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINE
Chapter 29. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Small and Large Intestine Chapter 30. Maldigestion and Malabsorption Chapter 31. Protracted Diarrhea Chapter 32. Protein-Losing Enteropathy Chapter 33. Celiac Disease Chapter 34. Short Bowel Syndrome Chapter 35. Allergic Bowel Disease and Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis Chapter 36. Infectious Diarrhea Chapter 37. Enteric Parasites Chapter 38. Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Primary Immunodeficiencies Chapter 39. Gastrointestinal Complications of Secondary Immunodeficiency Syndromes Chapter 40. Crohn’s Disease Chapter 41. Ulcerative Colitis in children and adolescents Chapter 42. Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction Chapter 43. Neonatal Necrotizing Enterocolitis Chapter 44. Appendicitis Chapter 45. Intussusception in Infants and Children Chapter 46. Inguinal Hernia and Hydrocele Chapter 47. Meckel’s Diverticulum and Other Omphalomesenteric Duct Remnants Chapter 48. Hirschsprung’s Disease Chapter 49. Imperforate Anus Chapter 50. Abnormal Rotation and Fixation of the Intestine Chapter 51. Small and Large Bowel Atresias Chapter 52. Anterior Abdominal Wall Defects Chapter 53. Stomas of the Small and Large Intestine Chapter 54. Disorders of the Anorectum (Fissures, Fistulae, Prolapse, Hemorrhoids, Tags) Chapter 55. Neoplasms of the Gastrointestinal Tract Chapter 56. Other Disease of the Small Intestine and Colon

SECTION SIX THE LIVER AND BILE DUCTS
Chapter 57. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Liver and Bile Ducts Chapter 58. Neonatal Hepatitis Chapter 59. Biliary Atresia and Neonatal Disorders of the Bile Ducts Chapter 60. Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders Chapter 61. Abnormalities of Hepatic Protein Metabolism Chapter 62. Abnormalities of Carbohydrate Metabolism and the Liver Chapter 63. Acute and Chronic Hepatitis Chapter 64. Portal Hypertension Chapter 65. Liver Failure and Transplantation Chapter 66. Diseases of the Gallbladder

SECTION SEVEN THE PANCREAS
Chapter 67. Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of the Pancreas Chapter 68. Cystic Fibrosis and Congenital Anomalies of the exocrine Pancreas Chapter 69. Pancreatitis Chapter 70. Secretory Neoplasms of the Pancreas

SECTION EIGHT NUTRITION
Chapter 71. Infant and Toddler Nutrition Chapter 72. Nutritional Assessment Chapter 73. Nutritional Acces – Tubes Chapter 74. Parenteral Nutrition Chapter 75. Enteral Nutrition Chapter 76. Management of Diarrhea Chapter 77. Metabolic bone disease and the gut Chapter 78. Gastrointestinal Pathology Chapter 79 Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography Chapter 80 Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonscopy, and related techniques

Index

Clinical Gastroenterology, A Practical Problem Based Approach, 2nd Edition by Nicholas J. Talley, and Christopher J. Martin Softcover - 400 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE1 $ 67.25 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780729537742

Clinical Gastroenterology was one of the first books to take a problem-based, rather than disease-based approach to this subject. The 2nd edition continues to focus on common and uncommon problems as they present in clinical practice and is aimed at the medical student, specialist trainee and general practitioner.

The management sections of each chapter have been significantly updated in the new edition reflecting the changes over the past 5 years. The medical and surgical synthesis has been revised and there are now more management algorithms and summaries for patients. The authors have also expanded the reflux disease and inflammatory bowel disease sections.

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Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology by Wilfred Weinstein, Christopher Hawkey, and Jaime Bosch Hardcover - 1,216 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE2 $290.90 BUY Published:  2005   ISBN:  9780323027519

Designed for daily practice, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology presents clinically focused, evidence-based coverage on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the digestive tract. An international team of leading experts provides a worldwide perspective on patient management, explaining step-by-step how to apply the latest advances in diagnosis and management. Succinct yet comprehensive explanations provide just the right amount of clinical detail. Plus, a consistent organization and stunning full-color art program enable readers to quickly and easily access the specific information they need.

Handbook of Liver Disease by Lawrence S. Friedman, and Emmet B. Keeffe Softcover - 496 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE4 $129.10 BUY Published:  2005   ISBN:  9780443066337

Now in full-colour throughout, the only Handbook of Liver Diseases available gives you comprehensive information on the all significant liver diseases. The outline format ensures that you get more reliable information by reading fewer words than ever before in Hepatology. Key information is clearly marked throughout and alert symbols are placed in the text to draw your attention to information that is critical to your patient's welfare. Exquisite colour illustrations, informative colour tables and selected, essential references support the text. Key points are listed at the beginning of each chapter and many new illustrations have been added.

The text is written by an International Who's Who of Hepatology so that you can absolutely depend upon the information within. The text has been produced on an exceptionally short schedule to ensure that all the material within is absolutely current.

This text is an ideal clinical reference for the busy Gastroenterologist, the Gastroenterologist in training, the Internist and even the Medical Student.

Features: Discusses the hottest topics in the field, such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and the latest information on liver transplantation. Includes expanded coverage of chronic hepatitis C, most notably the use of combination therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin and improvements in the management of the side effects of antiviral therapy. Offers the most recent therapeutic options for the management of chronic hepatitis B and advances in the understanding of the molecular biology of this virus. Updates the approach to the diagnosis of many liver diseases due to newer tests based on molecular techniques and advances in imaging. Features over 340 full-color illustrations. Uses a redesigned templated, outline format that makes reference a snap.

Table of Contents:

1. Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies  
2. Acute liver failure  
3. Acute viral hepatitis  
4. Chronic viral hepatitis  
5. Autoimmune hepatitis  
6. Alcoholic liver disease  
7. Fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis  
8. Drug-induced and toxic liver disease  
9. Cirrhosis and portal hypertension: an overview  
10. Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding  
11. Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis  
12. Hepatorenal syndrome  
13. Hepatic encephalopathy  
14. Primary biliary cirrhosis  
15. Primary sclerosing cholangitis  
16. Hemochromatosis  
17. Wilson's disease and related disorders  
18. Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and other metabolic liver diseases  
19. Budd-Chiari syndrome and other vascular disorders  
20. The liver in heart failure  
21. The liver in pregnancy  
22. The liver in systemic disease  
23. Pediatric liver disease  
24. Liver disease in the elderly  
25. HIV and the liver  
26. Granulomatous liver disease  
27. Hepatic tumours  
28. Hepatic abscesses and cysts  
29. Other infections involving the liver  
30. Surgery in the patient with liver disease and postoperative jaundice  
31. Liver transplantation  
32. Cholelithiasis and cholecystitis  
33. Diseases of the bile ducts  
34. Tumors of the biliary tract

Atlas of Clinical Gastroenterology Textbook with CD-ROM by Alastair Forbes, J. J. Misiewicz, Carolyn C. Compton, M. Shafi Quraishy, Marc S. Levine, and Stephen E R Hardcover - 416 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE5 $338.20 BUY Published:  2004   ISBN:  9780723432838

This atlas provides exquisite full-colour clinical images of a complete range of gastrointestinal and liver diseases. Unique to this atlas, all endoscopic images are correlated with a selection of pathology, gross pathology and the latest radiologic modalities, including double-contrast upper and lower GI examinations and state-of-the-art CT for evaluating solid organs, helping you to confirm your diagnosis and demonstrating the sensitivity of each modality for that condition. This approach gives you a clearer picture of the nature of each condition than is available elsewhere. The concise accompanying text discusses each condition in terms of anatomy, aetiology, pathophysiology and pathology.

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• Accompanying text clearly explains the essentials of anatomy, aetiology, pathophysiology and pathology

Table of Contents:

1. The Esophagus  
2. The Stomach  
3. The Duodenum  
4. Small Intestine I  
5. Small Intestine II  
6. Colon I  
7. Colon II  
8. The Anus, Anal Canal and Perianal Region  
9. The Pancreas  
10. Normal Liver and Biliary Tree, and Jaundice  
11. Hepatitis and Parasitic Infections of the Liver  
12. Fibrosis, Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension  
13. Metabolic and Vascular Disorders, and Liver Tumours  
14. The Biliary Tree  

Advanced Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease, Fifth Edition by Theodore Bayless, and Anna Mae Diehl Hardcover - 500 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-GHE6 $352.75 BUY Published:  2004   ISBN:  9781550092486

The main emphasis of this new fifth edition of Advanced Therapy of Gastroenterology and Liver Disease is on patient management. Chapters are dedicated to general topics in gastroenterology and hepatology practice and the use of diagnostic tests in clinical decision-making. Principles in endoscopy including sedation and infection control are also examined. Each chapter consists of recommendations from an expert in the field concerning a very focused problem. The authors discuss recommendations for instituting, modifying, and monitoring therapy, including combinations of drugs and / or therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.