In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Dr. Vinod Rustgi has put together topics that provide a current clinical update on the treatment and management of patients with Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE). Experts in the field have contributetd clinical review articles on the following topics: Definition, Prevalence, and Epidemiology of HE; Pathophysiology of HE; Clinical Manifestations of HE; Laboratory Abnormalities of HE; Minimal or Subclinical HE; Prognosis of Prognosis of HE; Pharmacological Management of HE; Non-pharmacological Management of HE; Cost Burden of HE; Long-term management of HE: Modern Measures to Prevent Re-admission; Social Impact of HE; and Novel Therapies for HE. Readers will come away with the information they need to improve outcomes in patients with HE.
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By Vinod K. Rustgi, MD, MBA, Distinguished Professor, Clinical Director, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Rutgers Health, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Alagille Syndrome
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Liver Disease
Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis
Inborn Errors of Bile Acid Metabolism
Autoimmune Hepatitis, Sclerosing Cholangitis, and Autoimmune Sclerosing
Cholangitis or Overlap Syndrome
Hepatitis B and C
Nonalcoholic Liver Disease in Children and Adolescents
Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension in the Pediatric Population.
Pediatric Liver Tumors
Acute Liver Failure: An Update
Liver Transplantation in Children