Liver Disease

What's new in hepatology: Triple therapy for hepatitis C

February 23, 2012

Combining one of two newly approved oral agents with traditional medications offers hepatitis C patients better outcomes with shorter therapy.
 

Hepatorenal syndrome: Progressive renal failure in patients with cirrhosis

November 03, 2011

Prompt detection and treatment of this poorly recognized condition can be lifesaving, but the diagnosis can be made only after other forms of renal failure have been ruled out.
 

Esophageal varices and dyshidrosis

, July 13, 2011

This entry explores the diagnosis and treatment of esophageal varices and dyshidrosis, presented in a quick review format and accompanied by sample questions.
 

Jaundice, fatigue, and intermittent abdominal pain in a teenager

June 17, 2011

A teenager experiencing worsening fatigue, jaundice, darkened urine, and vague intermittent abdominal pain presented for evaluation.
 

The assessment of jaundice in adults: Tests, imaging, differential diagnosis

June 02, 2011

The differential diagnosis of jaundice is vast, and the condition is seen in various medical and surgical specialties. The PA plays an essential role in evaluating patients.
 

Alcoholic hepatitis in a patient with 
a history of daily beer consumption

Jolene Siple, PharmD, BCPS; Lynnette Klaus, PharmD; Kathryn S. Voll, PharmD November 01, 2010

Even after limiting his drinking, the patient was so nauseated that he couldn't keep down even one beer, and he reported darkening urine.
 

A review of pleural effusion and cirrhosis

September 16, 2010

The clinical features, assessment, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of cirrhosis and pleural effusion are outlined in a quick review format.
 

A 50-year-old female with dyspnea and pleural effusion

Danielle North; Ellen D. Mandel, DMH, PA-C April 21, 2010

This condition represents an uncommon complication that can develop in patients with any form of cirrhosis and is considered a manifestation of decompensation.
 

A rare presentation of metastatic breast cancer in a woman with apparent cholangiocarcinoma

Holly L. Johnson, MPAS, PA-C? March 08, 2010

Jaundice and intermittent abdominal pain were the only clues to a primary breast cancer that manifested without the usual symptoms.
 

Portal vein encasement complicates resection of Klatskin's tumor in the liver

Kathryn F. Hines, MSHS, PA-C; Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH January 11, 2010

Right hemihepatectomy with en bloc resection of the extrahepatic biliary tree is performed on a perihilar cholangiocarcinoma.
 

Carcinoma of unknown primary: Searching for the origin of metastases

Heather R. Carlson, MSPAP, PA-C August 03, 2009

Diagnostic tests and select imaging studies can help identify the potential, and often elusive, primary tumor.
 

Bacteremia, vertebral diskitis, and osteomyelitis in a man with cirrhosis

Ryann Morrison, MS, PA-C; Jaan Naktin, MD, FACP May 11, 2009

Snow shoveling accounts for a man's back pain but not the shaking chills and fever.
 

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