Alcohol abuse and liver disease / edited by, James Neuberger, MD, FRCP, Honorary Consultant, Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK, Associate Medical Director, Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, Bristol, UK, Andrea DiMartini, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical Director, Psychosomatic Medicine Transplant Program, Starzl Transplant Institute, University ofc Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Other author Neuberger, James.
Other author DiMartini, Andrea F.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Descriptionxi, 247 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
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Contents Epidemiology of alcohol use / Ian Gilmore and William Gilmore -- Epidemiology of alcohol related liver disease / Ed Britton and Martin Lombard -- Alcoholism : diagnosis and natural history in the context of medical disease / Thomas P. Beresford, Narin Wongngamnit and Benjamin A. Temple -- Alcohol and other substance misuse / John B. Saunders -- Risk factors for alcohol related liver disease / Stuart Kendrick and Chris Day -- Mechanisms of alcohol toxicity / Guruprasad P. Aithal and Jane I. Grove -- Extra-hepatic manifestations of alcohol excess / Karl-Heinz Schulz, Sandra van Eckert, Daniela Schon and Jens Reimer -- Patterns of alcohol associated liver damage / Peter Hayes and Michael Williams -- Co-factors and alcohol-related liver disease / John G. O'Grady -- Impact of alcohol and liver disease on prescribing / Richard Parker and Amanda Smith -- Psychiatric examination of liver transplant with alcohol use disorders / Robert Weinrieb and Omair Abbasi -- Abnormal liver tests in the context of alcohol excess / James Ferguson -- Biochemical determination of alcohol consumption / Friedrich Martin Wurst, Natasha Thon, Wolfgang Weinmann, Michel Yegles, Jessica Wong, Ulrich W. Preuss -- The role of histology / Desley A.H. Neil -- General assessment and management / Patrizia Burra and Giacomo Germani -- Brief alcohol interventions / Stephanie Scott and Eileen Kaner -- Alcohol withdrawal syndrome : diagnosis and treatment / Julie Taub and Thomas Beresford -- Psychosocial treatments of alcohol use disorders : liver transplant patients as an exemplar / Terry D. Schneekloth -- Pharmacological interventions / Renata Yang and Marian Fireman -- Treatment of extra-hepatic manifestations of alcohol abuse / Joaquim Fernández-Sol -- Treatment of liver disease / James Neuberger -- Treatment of alcoholic hepatitis / Mark Thursz and Stephen Atkinson -- Alcohol abuse and liver disease role of liver transplantation / Santiago Tome and Michael R. Lucey -- Future directions : the need for early identification and intervention for patients with excessive alcohol use / Andrea Dimartini, Shari Rogal, and Stephen Potts.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2015007953
ISBN9781118887288 (cloth)

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