Diseases of the Liver & Biliary System in Children

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Diseases of the Liver & Biliary System in Children
Second Edition

Edited By: Deirdre A. Kelly, The Children’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK

An extremely practical text, this new edition of Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children covers the essentials of paediatric hepatology. The range of material is wide and has been revised and updated to include the latest advances. Many helpful algorithms and tables are included and the references at the end of each chapter have been carefully selected so as to provide the most up-to-date information available. A concluding section comprising some 100 carefully annotated plates, completes this text.
Containing the contributions of 23 internationally acclaimed authorities, active both clinically and in research, the book provides an essential guide to the diagnosis and management of paediatric liver diseases, both common and uncommon for all those involved in the care of the child with liver disease. Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children has become THE REFERENCE of choice for the paediatric gastroenterologist, hepatologist and surgeon.

Contents
SECTION 1: SUPPORTING THE FAMILY

1 Supporting the Child and Family

SECTION 2: INVESTIGATING THE LIVER
2 Useful Investigations in the Assessment of Liver Disease
3 Interventional Radiology and Invasive Diagnostic Imaging

SECTION 3: NEONATAL LIVER DISEASE
4 The Jaundiced Baby
5 The Acutely Ill Baby

SECTION 4: ACUTE LIVER DISEASE
6 Acute Hepatitis
7 Fulminant Hepatitis and Acute Liver Failure

SECTION 5: LIVER DISEASE IN OLDER CHILDREN
8 Chronic Hepatitis
9 Congenital and Structural Abnormalities of the Liver
10 Non-alcoholic Steatosis

11 Hepatobiliary Disease in Cystic Fibrosis

SECTION 6: METABOLIC LIVER DISEASE
12 Metabolic Liver Disease in the Infant and Older Child
13 Diseases of Copper Metabolism

SECTION 7: MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE
14 Complications and Management of Chronic Liver Disease

SECTION 8: THE LIVER AND OTHER ORGANS
15 The Liver in Systemic Illness
16 Skin Disorders in Liver Disease
17 Dental Care of Children with Liver Disease

SECTION 9: SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF LIVER DISEASE
18 Surgical Disoders of the Liver and Bile Ducts and Portal Hypertension
19 Primary Hepatic Tumours

SECTION 10: TRANSPLANTATION
20 Liver Transplantation
21 Small Bowel Transplantation in Children

SECTION 11: LIVER DISEASE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
22 Liver Disease in the Developing World