Diseases of the Liver and Biliary System in Children (eBook)

Prof Deirdre Kelly is one of the world's leading pediatric hepatologists, and was responsible for helping create the Paediatric Liver Unit at Birmingham Children's Hospital, a leading national and international institution for children with liver disease and undergoing liver transplantation. She runs an active research programme focussing on viral hepatitis in children, molecular genetics of inherited liver disease, and quality/outcome of life following liver/intestinal transplantation. She's a former President of the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN), the British Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and the International Paediatric Transplant Association. She has been on the editorial boards of the Journal of Liver Transplantation and Surgery, Pediatric Transplantation and Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and has had 250 papers published, as well as 7 books and 26 book chapters.

Chapter 1: Structure, Function and Repair of the Liver
Christoph Leiskau, Ulrich Baumann

Chapter 2: Liver pathology in children
Rachel M Brown

Chapter 3: Liver immunology and its application in diseases
Hannah Jeffery, Katie Stirling, Ye Htun Oo

Chapter 4: Molecular Genetics and Liver Disease
Paul Gissen

Chapter 5: Useful Investigations in the Assessment of Liver Disease
Way S Lee, Deirdre A. Kelly

Chapter 6: The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team
Lindsay Hogg, Kelly Guthrie, Sara Clarke, Jacqueline Blyth

Chapter 7: The Effects of Liver Disease in pregnancy on Mother and Child
Jane Hartley, Hanns-Ulrich Marschall

Chapter 8: The jaundiced baby
Jane Hartley

Chapter 9: The Acutely Ill Baby
Patrick J. McKiernan

Chapter 10: Neonatal hemochromatosis
Amy G. Feldman, Estella M. Alonso, Peter F. Whitington

Chapter 11: Autoimmune Liver Disease
Giorgina Mieli-Vergani, Diego Vergani

Chapter 12: Drug Induced Liver Disease
Noelle H. Ebel, Karen F. Murray

Chapter 13: Viral Hepatitis
Mona Abdel- Hady, William Tong

Chapter 14: Congenital and Structural Abnormalities of the Liver
Larissa Kerecuk, Patrick McKiernan

Chapter 15: Non-Alcoholic Steato-Hepatitis in Childhood
Claudia Della Corte, Antonella Mosca, Vincenzina Lucidi, Arianna Alterio, Valerio Nobili

Chapter 16: Hepatobiliary Disease in Cystic Fibrosis
Carla Colombo, Dominique Debray

Chapter 17: Chapter Non-viral infectious liver disease
Samantha Lissauer, Shiva Ramroop

Chapter 18: Acute Liver Failure
Estella M. Alonso, Robert H. Squires

Chapter 19: Metabolic Liver Disease in the Infant and Older Child
Anupam Chakrapani, Paul Gissen

Chapter 20: Disorders of Copper Metabolism
Thomas Müller, Stuart Tanner

Chapter 21: Complications and Management of Chronic Liver Disease
Noelle H. Ebel, Simon P. Horslen

Chapter 22: The Liver in Systemic Illness
Sue Beath

Chapter 23: Skin Disorders in Liver Disease
Indra D.M. van Mourik, Malobi Ogboli, Michelle Thomson

Chapter 24: Dental Care of Children with Liver Disease
Marie Therese Hosey, Victoria Clark

Chapter 25: Biliary Atresia and other Causes of Surgical Jaundice in Infancy
Erica Makin, Mark Davenport

Chapter 26: Liver Trauma in Children
AB (Sebastian) van As, Alastair JW Millar

Chapter 27: Surgical Management of Portal Hypertension
Jean de Ville de Goyet

Chapter 28: Primary Hepatic Tumours
Bruce Morland, Khalid Sharif

Chapter 29:Disorders of the Pancreas
Heiko Witt, Narendra Battula, Darius Mirza

Chapter 30: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Paediatric Liver Disease
P Bromley, J Bennett, R Neal

Chapter 31: Liver Transplantation
Deirdre A. Kelly, Paolo Muiesan

Chapter 32: Small-Bowel Transplantation in Children
Girish Gupte, George Mazariegos

Chapter 33: Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation
Thamara Perera, David V Milford

Chapter 34: Liver Disease in the Developing World
Vidyut Bhatia, Wafa Al Qabandi, Liz Goddard, Quak Senghock, Anupam Sibal

Chapter 35: Transition to adult care
Jo Wray, Jessica Wright

Chapter 36: Paediatric Liver Disease surviving to Adult Life
James Ferguson