Hepatology / Clinical Cases (ePub)

Preface, vii Acknowledgements, viii How to use this book, ix Normal values, x List of abbreviations, xi Part 1 Basics, 1 Basic science, 1 Approach to the patient, 20 Part 2 Cases, 39 Patients with acute liver disease Case 1 A 19-year-old man presenting with jaundice, 39 Case 2 A 25-year-old man with nausea, vomiting and jaundice, 42 Case 3 A 45-year-old woman presenting with severe right upper quadrant pain and jaundice, 46 Case 4 A 72-year-old man with painless jaundice, 52 Case 5 A 23-year-old woman with vomiting and epigastric pain, 57 Case 6 A 4-week-old baby with jaundice and failure to thrive, 63 Case 7 A 24-year-old woman with HIV and tuberculosis develops jaundice, 68 Case 8 Abnormal liver function tests in a collapsed patient, 71 Case 9 Abnormal liver function tests in a pregnant woman, 74 Case 10 A 27-year-old woman with abdominal pain and distension, 77 Patients with chronic liver disease Case 11 A 40-year-old woman with lethargy and pruritus, 81 Case 12 A 25-year-old woman with malaise and elevated liver enzymes, 87 Case 13 Deranged liver function tests in a patient with ulcerative colitis, 90 Case 14 Fatigue and deranged liver function tests in a patient with haemophilia, 94 Case 15 A 34-year-old man from Hong Kong with jaundice and vomiting, 99 Case 16 Acute deterioration in a 21-year-old man with chronic hepatitis B virus infection, 106 Case 17 A 53-year-old man with a history of high alcohol intake, 108 Case 18 A 57-year-old man with diabetes and elevated alanine aminotransferase, 114 Case 19 A 42-year-old man with shortness of breath and abnormal liver function tests, 120 Case 20 A 58-year-old man with diabetes and abnormal liver function tests, 123 Case 21 A 16-year-old boy with cognitive deterioration, ataxia and abnormal liver function tests, 126 Patients with deterioration in chronic liver disease Case 22 A 43-year-old man with a large gastrointestinal bleed, 129 Case 23 A 58-year-old woman with a distended abdomen, 138 Case 24 A 67-year-old man

Kathryn Nash is a Consultant Hepatologist at Southampton
General Hospital

Indra Neil Guha is Clinical Associate Professor in
Hepatology at University of Nottingham

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