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Title Alcohol abuse and liver disease / editors, James Neuberger, Andrea DiMartini
Published Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015

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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
Summary For people with alcohol excess and liver disease, successful management must be two-fold with management of both their psychological/physical addiction to alcohol and their liver disease.℗ Alcohol Abuse and liver disease, with its joint focus on hepatology and psychiatry, provides both hepatologists and psychiatrists of all levels with a practical, concise and didactic guide to the investigation and clinical management of those with alcohol-related problems. Edited by a practicing hepatologist in the UK and a practising specialist in psychiatry/substance abuse in the US, it covers areas suc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Alcoholism -- Complications.
Alcoholic liver diseases.
Alcoholism -- Diagnosis.
Alcoholic liver diseases -- Treatment
Alcoholism -- complications
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic -- etiology
Alcoholism -- diagnosis
Liver Diseases, Alcoholic -- therapy
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Alcoholic liver diseases
Alcoholism -- Complications
Alcoholism -- Diagnosis
Form Electronic book
Author Neuberger, James, editor.
DiMartini, Andrea F., editor.
LC no. 2015008597
ISBN 9781118887295
1118887298
9781118887301
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9781118887318
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