Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

About this book

The liver and biliary volume of a three-volume set written for gastroenterology trainees and those preparing for certification. Its 36 short chapters move from liver anatomy and immunology through history taking, liver test interpretation, imaging, ERCP, EUS and liver biopsy, then take a problem-based approach to jaundice, liver masses, acute liver failure and portal hypertension. Later parts cover viral, metabolic, fatty, drug-induced, alcoholic, autoimmune and vascular liver disease, liver transplantation, and gallstones, sphincter of Oddi disorders, biliary cancer and strictures. Chapters open with an abstract, often include a clinical case and algorithms, and end with take-home points.