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Viral hepatitis guide for practicing physicians

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Faculty

From the Editor
   
Z.M. Younossi

Viral hepatitis guide for practicing physicians
   Z.M. Younossi

Epidemiology and clinical features of hepatitis viruses
    Hepatitis A
    Hepatitis B
    Hepatitis C
    Hepatitis D
    Hepatitis E
    Hepatitis G/GBV-C

Prevention of Hepatitis
    Hepatitis A and hepatitis E
    Hepatitis B and hepatitis D
    Hepatitis C
    The role of vaccine in patients with chronic
    liver disease

Diagnostic tests
    Hepatitis A
    Hepatitis B

 

Diagnostic tests(cont)
   
Hepatitis C
    Hepatitis D
    Hepatitis E
    Role of liver biopsy in viral hepatitis

Management of acute viral hepatitis
    Clinical characteristics of acute viral hepatitis
    Treatment of acute viral hepatitis
    Progression to chronic viral hepatitis
    Fulminant hepatic failure
    Therapeutic options and treatment modalities
    for chronic hepatitis
    Role of referral to specialist centers
    Role of liver transplantation for viral hepatitis
    Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma
    Treatment recommendations for specific viral
    etiologies

Management of special groups
    Management issues in pediatric hepatitis
    Management issues in pregnancy and birth
    Management issues in hemodialysis patients
    Management issues for transplant recipients
    Management issues in immunocompromised
    patients
    Managing patients with human

    immunodeficiency virus
    Alcohol and hepatitis

References

Volume 67 Supplement 1

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

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