Atlas of Pediatric Hepatology

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-69528-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 141 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 285 mm, Gewicht: 697 g

This atlas is a problem-based practical book presenting clinical scenarios for children with liver disease. Each chapter demonstrates the clinical presentation, diagnostic pathway, therapy and outcome.

Rich in illustrations of clinical pictures, tables and graphs of data, each chapter also contains pictures of radiology, histopathology and other important diagnostic information.

This book outlines a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management of pediatric liver disease and covers diseases encountered in South Asia, the Far East and the Middle East.

This work will appeal to a wide readership, from trainees in hepatology  and Paediatric Gastroenterology to General Paediatricians and Allied Health Professionals including Dieticians, Nurses, Transplant Co-Ordinators.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelly, Deirdre

Hartley, Jane

Sharif, Khalid

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pädiatrie, Neonatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pathologie, Cytopathologie, Histopathologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Hepatologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Bildgebende Verfahren, Nuklearmedizin, Strahlentherapie Radiologie, Bildgebende Verfahren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The jaundiced baby.- The acutely ill baby.- The child with splenomegaly.- The child with abdominal distension.- The acutely ill older child.- Jaundice in an older child.- The child with chronic liver disease based on itching, abdominal distension, gastrointestinal bleeding.- The child with abnormal liver biochemistry.- Children with cancer who have liver disease.- The child with cystic fibrosis.- The child with acute liver failure.- The child who  needs a liver transplant.- The child who needs a small bowel transplant.

Über Autor(innen)

Deirdre Kelly was born in Calcutta, India and educated in Ireland. She is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin. She trained in adult gastroenterology and hepatology and paediatric hepatology in Ireland, the U K and the USA. She set up the Liver Unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital in 1989 and developed it into an international unit. Her special clinical interests are caring for children with all forms of liver disease, but especially viral hepatitis.

Her research interests include development of stem cell therapy, molecular genetics of inherited liver disease; treatment of viral hepatitis; immunosuppression and quality and outcome life following transplantation.

Dr Jane Hartley, Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist, Liver Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital,Mr Khalid Sharif Consultant in Paediatric Hepatobiliary Surgery and Transplantation, Birmingham Children’s Hospital,Dr Rachel Brown Consultant Pathologist, qualifiedin 1993 from the University of Birmingham. Areas of interest include liver and hepatobiliary, head and neck.Dr Manigandan Subramanyam Thyagarajan Consultant Radiologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital