Hepatology Update for Clinicians

The discipline of Hepatology encompasses a broad spectrum of acute and chronic liver diseases with ultimately some patients requiring and benefiting from liver transplantation. While a remarkable achievement has been of the development of safe and effective chronic hepatitis C therapies, there has been a steady increase in disease burden due to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and cirrhosis. The rate of hospitalization in those with cirrhosis has steadily increased, and this has led to enormous resource utilization and health care costs.
Source: Medical Clinics of North America - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research