ABC of Liver, Pancreas and Gall Bladder - I. Beckingham (BMJ, 2001) WW PDF
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Primary care/gastroenterology Diseases of the liver, pancreas and biliary system affect a substantial proportion of the world’s population and involve doctors and health care workers across many disciplines. The aim of the ABC of Liver, Pancreas and Gall Bladder is to provide an overview of these diseases. To this end it contains helpful algorithms for diagnosing and treating common diseases. Information on treatment and prognosis for rarer conditions are also discussed, making this a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the subject. Contents include: G gallstone disease G acute and chronic viral hepatitis G causes of parenchymal liver disease G portal hypertension G liver tumours G liver abscesses and hydatid disease G acute and chronic pancreatitis G pancreatic tumours G liver and pancreatic trauma G transplantation of the liver and pancreas. Written by a leading expert in the field, this book enables the busy clinician to keep abreast of advances in diagnosis and management of all conditions and provides the essential information for medical and nursing students, GPs and junior hospital doctors in general medical and surgical training. www.bmjbooks.com ABC OF LIVER, PANCREAS AND GALL BLADDER Beckingham ABC OF LIVER, PANCREAS AND GALL BLADDER Edited by IJ Beckingham ABC OF LIVER, PANCREAS AND GALL BLADDER This Page Intentionally Left Blank ABC OF LIVER, PANCREAS AND GALL BLADDER Edited by I J BECKINGHAM Consultant Hepatobiliary and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham © BMJ Books 2001 BMJ Books is an imprint of the BMJ Publishing Group All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. First published in 2001 by BMJ Books, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR www.bmjbooks.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7279 1531 2 Cover design by Marritt Associates, Harrow, Middlesex Typeset by FiSH Books and BMJ Electronic Production Printed and bound in Spain by GraphyCems, Navarra Contributors vii Preface ix 1 Investigation of liver and biliary disease 1 I J Beckingham, S D Ryder 2 Gallstone disease 5 I J Beckingham 3 Acute hepatitis 9 S D Ryder, I J Beckingham 4 Chronic viral hepatitis 12 S D Ryder, I J Beckingham 5 Other causes of parenchymal liver disease 15 S D Ryder, I J Beckingham 6 Portal hypertension-1:varices 18 J E J Krige, I J Beckingham 7 Portal hypertension -2. Ascites, encephalopathy, and other conditions 22 J E J Krige, I J Beckingham 8 Liver tumours 25 I J Beckingham, J E J Krige 9 Liver abscesses and hydatid disease 29 J E J Krige, I J Beckingham 10 Acute pancreatitis 33 I J Beckingham, P C Bornman 11 Chronic pancreatitis 37 P C Bornman, I J Beckingham 12 Pancreatic tumours 41 P C Bornman, I J Beckingham 13 Liver and pancreatic trauma 44 I J Beckingham, J E J Krige 14 Transplantation of the liver and pancreas 47 K R Prasad, J P A Lodge Index 51 v Contents This Page Intentionally Left Blank I J Beckingham Consultant Hepatobiliary and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham P C Bornman Professor of Surgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa J E J Krige Associate Professor of Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa J P A Lodge Consultant Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgeon, St James Hospital, Leeds K R Prasad Senior Transplant Fellow, St James Hospital, Leeds S D Ryder Consultant Hepatologist, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham vii Contributors This Page Intentionally Left Blank Diseases of the Liver, Pancreas and biliary system affect a substantial proportion of the worlds population and involve doctors and health care workers across many disciplines. Many of these diseases produce great misery and distress and are economically important requiring much time off work. The aim of this series was to provide an overview of these diseases and enable the busy clinician to keep abreast of advances in diagnosis and management of not only the common but also the rarer, but none the less important, conditions. ix Preface
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