Alcohol abuse and liver disease. ([2016?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Neuberger MD, FRCP, Andrea DiMartini MD.
• Editors: Neuberger, James; DiMartini, Andrea F
• Contents: List of Contributors vii Preface xi 1 Epidemiology of alcohol use 1; Ian Gilmore and William Gilmore 2 Epidemiology of alcohol?]related liver disease 11; Ed Britton and Martin Lombard 3 Alcoholism: diagnosis and natural history in the context of medical disease 23; Thomas P. Beresford Narin Wongngamnit and Benjamin A. Temple 4 Alcohol and other substance misuse 35; John B. Saunders 5 Risk factors for alcohol?]related liver disease 47; Stuart Kendrick and Chris Day 6 Mechanisms of alcohol toxicity 55; Guruprasad P. Aithal and Jane I. Grove 7 Extrahepatic manifestations of alcohol excess 65; Karl?]Heinz Schulz Sandra van Eckert and Jens Reimer 8 Patterns of alcohol?]associated liver damage 79; Peter Hayes and Michael Williams 9 Cofactors and alcohol?]related liver disease 87; John G. . O’Grady 10 Impact of alcohol and liver disease on prescribing 91; Richard Parker and Amanda Smith 11 Psychiatric examination of liver transplant patients with alcohol use disorders 99; Robert M. Weinrieb and Omair Abbasi 12 Abnormal liver tests in the context of alcohol excess 109; James Ferguson 13 Biochemical determination of alcohol consumption 113; Friedrich Martin Wurst Natasha Thon Wolfgang Weinmann Michel Yegles Jessica Wong and Ulrich W. Preuss 14 The role of histology 123; Desley A.H. Neil 15 General assessment and management 135; Patrizia Burra and Giacomo Germani 16 Brief alcohol interventions 147; Stephanie Scott and Eileen Kaner 17 Alcohol withdrawal syndrome: diagnosis and treatment 155; Julie Taub and Thomas P. Beresford 18 Psychosocial treatments of alcohol use disorders 165; Terry D. . Schneekloth 19 Pharmacologic interventions 175; Renata Yang and Marian Fireman 20 Treatment of extrahepatic manifestations of alcohol abuse 187; Joaquim Fernandez?]Sola 21 Treatment of liver disease 197; James Neuberger 22 Treatment of alcoholic hepatitis 203; Mark Thursz and Stephen Atkinson 23 Liver transplantation in people with alcohol?]related liver disease 215; Santiago Tome and Michael R. Lucey 24 Future directions: the need for early identification and intervention for patients with excessive alcohol use 223; Andrea DiMartini Shari Rogal and Stephen Potts Index 235 .
• Publisher Details: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour), maps (colour)
• Subjects: 616.861; Alcoholism -- Complications; Liver -- Diseases
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118887295
• Related ISBNs: 9781118887288
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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