The 3rd Edition, by Drs. Lawrence S. Friedman and Emmet B. Keeffe, gives you quick reference to the most recent diagnostic and treatment options for patients with liver disorders. International authorities share the latest clinical findings and procedures to help you expertly manage illnesses like hepatitis B and C and hepatocellular carcinoma, as well as apply new practices like genetic testing, noninvasive imaging techniques, and so much more. Quickly access updated information on all aspects of liver disease including new drugs, therapy trials, and post-transplant conditions with this full-color, templated edition-in print. Make optimal use of genetic testing to assess your patients' risk of metabolic liver disease and to personalize treatment regimens for chronic hepatitis C.

Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies -- Acute liver failure -- Acute viral Hepatitis -- Chronic viral Hepatitis -- Autoimmune Hepatitis -- Alcoholic liver disease -- Fatty liver and nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis -- Drug-induced and toxic liver disease -- Cirrhosis and portal hypertension: an overview -- Portal hypertension and gastrointestinal bleeding -- Ascites and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis -- Hepatorenal syndrome -- Hepatic encephalopathy -- Primary biliary Cirrhosis -- Primary sclerosing Cholangitis -- Hemochromatosis -- Wilson Disease and related disorders -- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and other metabolic liver diseases -- Budd-Chiari syndrome and other vascular disorders -- The liver in heart failure -- The liver in pregnancy -- The liver in systemic disease -- Pediatric liver disease -- Liver disease in the elderly -- Hepatobiliary complications of HIV -- Granulomatous liver disease -- Hepatic tumors -- Hepatic abscesses and cysts -- Other infections involving the liver -- Surgery in the patient with liver disease and postoperative Jaundice -- Liver transplantation -- Cholelithiasis and Cholecystitis -- Diseases of the bile ducts -- Tumors of the biliary tract.