Drug Hepatotoxicity,An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Pierre Gholam has put together topics that provide a current clinical update on the treatment and management of patients with drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: Epidemiology, Predisposing Factors and Outcomes; Genetic Predisposition to DILI; Causality Assessment Frequent Offenders and Patterns of Injury; Quantitative Systems Toxicology Approaches to Understand and Predict DILI; Liver Histology: Diagnostic and Prognostic Features; Acute Liver Failure Secondary to DILI; DILI in Persons with Pre-existing Chronic Liver Disease; DILI in the Setting of Statin Use; DILI in the Setting of Analgesic Use; DILI Secondary to Herbals and Dietary Supplements; and DILI Reporting and Resources for the Clinician. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in patients with DILI.

Product details

• Assisted by: Pierre Gholam (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2019
• EAN: 9780323708579
• ISBN: 978-0-323-70857-9
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, hepatotoxicity; liver disease; liver injury