Hepatology (Mount Sinai Expert Guides) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118517342 ISBN 13: 9781118517345

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2014

Synopsis

Mount Sinai Expert Guides: Hepatology will provide gastroenterology and hepatology trainees with an extremely clinical and accessible handbook covering the major liver diseases and symptoms, their diagnosis and clinical management.  

Perfect as a point-of-care resource on the hospital wards and also as a refresher for board exam preparation, the focus throughout is on providing rapid reference, essential information on each disease to allow for quick, easy browsing and assimilation of the must-know information.  All chapters follow a consistent template including the following features:

- An opening bottom-line/key points section
- Classification, pathogenesis and prevention of disease
- Evidence-based diagnosis, including relevant algorithms, laboratory and imaging tests, and potential pitfalls when diagnosing a patient
- Disease management including commonly used medications with dosages, when to perform surgery, management algorithms and how to prevent complications
- How to manage special populations, ie, in pregnancy, children and the elderly
- The very latest evidence-based results, major society guidelines (AASLD/EASL) and key external sources to consult

In addition, the book comes with a companion website housing extra features such as case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes.  Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be.

If you're specialising in hepatology and require a concise, practical guide to the clinical management of liver disease, bought to you by one of world's leading hospitals, then this is the perfect book for you.

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About this title

About the Author

Edited by

Jawad Ahmad MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Scott L. Friedman MD, Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Henryk Dancygier MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Chair, Departments of Medicine II and IV, Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Adjunct
Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount  Sinai, New York, NY, USA

Series Editor
Scott L. Friedman MD, Fishberg Professor of Medicine, Dean for Therapeutic Discovery, Chief, Division of Liver Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

From the Back Cover

The Mount Sinai Expert Guides provide quick access to point-of-care specialist clinical information for physicians across a range of therapeutic areas.

For each specialty area, the guides emphasize:

•Common pitfalls in diagnosis and management

•How to prevent complications

•Diagnostic and treatment algorithms

•Key scientific trials

•Evidence-based clinical content

•Major society guidelines

In order to summarize the very latest in diagnosis and management of diseases and related symptoms.

Edited by renowned specialists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, key faculty members provide the content for all chapters. To ensure consistency within each book and the series as a whole, chapters follow a unified structure throughout.

Bonus features such as online case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes are provided via the series companion website.

Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be.

From the Inside Flap

The Mount Sinai Expert Guides provide quick access to point-of-care specialist clinical information for physicians across a range of therapeutic areas.

For each specialty area, the guides emphasize:

•Common pitfalls in diagnosis and management

•How to prevent complications

•Diagnostic and treatment algorithms

•Key scientific trials

•Evidence-based clinical content

•Major society guidelines

In order to summarize the very latest in diagnosis and  management of diseases and related symptoms.

Edited by renowned specialists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, key faculty members provide the  content for all chapters. To ensure consistency within each book and the series as a whole, chapters follow a unified structure throughout.

Bonus features such as online case studies with related questions for self-assessment, key patient advice and ICD codes are provided via the series companion website.

Each guide also has its own mobile app available for purchase, allowing you rapid access to the key features wherever you may be.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118517342
• ISBN 13: 9781118517345
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 590
• Editor: Ahmad Jawad, Friedman Scott L., Dancygier Henryk