Main description:

In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Vinod Rustgi has put together topics that provide a current clinical update on the treatment and management of patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE). Experts in the field have contributetd clinical review articles on the following topics: Definition, Prevalence, and Epidemiology of HE; Pathophysiology of HE; Clinical Manifestations of HE; Laboratory Abnormalities of HE; Minimal or Subclinical HE; Prognosis of Prognosis of HE; Pharmacological Management of HE; Non-pharmacological Management of HE; Cost Burden of HE; Long-term management of HE: Modern Measures to Prevent Re-admission; Social Impact of HE; and Novel Therapies for HE. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in patients with HE.

Contents:

Alagille Syndrome

Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Liver Disease

Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis

Inborn Errors of Bile Acid Metabolism

Autoimmune Hepatitis, Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Autoimmune Sclerosing

Cholangitis or Overlap Syndrome

Hepatitis B and C

Nonalcoholic Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents

Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension in the Pediatric Population.

Pediatric Liver Tumors

Acute Liver Failure: An Update

Liver Transplantation in Children