Endoscopy in Liver Disease

Description

Liver disease is an increasingly common cause of mortality, and its management is often complex and challenging. Endoscopy has in recent times undergone a period of rapid progress, with numerous novel and specialized endoscopic modalities that are of increasing value in the investigation and management of the patient with liver disease. As the technology in endoscopy expands, both as a diagnostic and interventional procedure, so does the role of the endoscopist in liver disease.

This full colour book and companion website offer a comprehensive guidance as to when, why, and how to perform endoscopy to best manage your patients.

• Brings together two key areas – liver disease and endoscopy – into one expert clinical textbook
• Covers the entire spectrum of clinical problems that gastroenterologists and endoscopists face while managing patients with liver disease
• Includes the latest management guidelines from the key international societies, such as the ASGE, AASLD, EASL and BSG
• Well illustrated with over 150 high-quality colour images
• 11 high-quality videos illustrating optimum endoscopy practice, all clearly referenced in the text

An indispensable tool for all gastroenterologists, hepatologists and endoscopists, Endoscopy in Liver Disease is perfect for learning how to perform endoscopy safely and effectively in the patient population with liver disorders.

Table of Contents

Section 1 - Endoscoping liver patients: safety issues

1. Equipment,sterilisation and training issues
2. Sedationand analgesia in  liver disease
3. Endoscopyand  coagulation abnormalities in the liver patient
4. Patientswith specific aetiologies (viral, bariatric, nafld, vcjd, alcohol) 

Section 2 - Endoscopic management of portal hypertension

4. Diagnosis andstagingof oesophagogastric varices
5. Endoscopicmanagement of acute variceal bleeding
6. Primaryand secondary variceal prophylaxis: role of endoscopy
7. Refractoryvariceal bleed: when endoscopy fails what next?:
8. Gastropathyand gastric vascular ectasias in portal hypertension
9. Portalhypertensiveenteropathy and colopathy
10. Endoscopicultrasound in the diagnosis and management of portal hypertension
11. Wireless capsuleendoscopyin liver disease 

Section 3 - Endoscopic diagnosis and management of gastrointestinal pathology in the liver patient

12. Commongastrointestinal pathology  in the liver patient (barrett’s, pud, gastropathy, celiac, polypoid lesions)
13. Anaemiaand obscure gi bleed in the liver patient
14. ERCP andcholangioscopyin hepatobiliary disease
15. EUS inthediagnosis of hepatobiliary malignancy
16. Endomicroscopyin the diagnosis of hepatobiliary disease
17. Laparoscopyin patients with hepatobiliary disease 

Section 4 - Endoscopy in the liver transplant patient

18. Endoscopyof the liver patient prior to liver transplantation 
19. Endoscopyof the post- liver transplant patient
20. Luminal diseases in the liver transplant patient