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Author:   Roberto de Franchis
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.038kg
ISBN:  

9783319230177

ISBN 10:   3319230174
Pages:   426
Publication Date:   25 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Session 1 - Risk stratification and prognosis.- Session 2 - Screening and surveillance: invasive and noninvasive methods.- Session 3 - Changing scenarios I: Impact of etiological therapy for cirrhosis and of anti-fibrotic therapy on portal hypertension.- Session 4 - The gut microbiome and cirrhosis.- Session 5 - Changing scenarios II: What to do after successful cure of the etiologic factor?.- Session 6 - Management of the acute bleeding episode.- Session 7 - Controversies and challenges in Pediatrics.- Session 8 - Prevention of further decompensation (ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hepatorenal syndrome, hepatic encephalopathy).- Session 9 Vascular diseases of the liver in cirrhotic and non-cirrhotic portal hypertension: coagulation, anti-coagulation, anti-platelet drugs.

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Roberto de Franchis is Head of the Gastroenterology Unit at the L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, Italy and Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology) at the University of Milan. He is a member of several specialist societies and an elected Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. de Franchis has published widely in the fields of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the major medical and hepatology journals. Every five years since 1990 he has organized the International Consensus Workshop on Definitions, Methodology, and Therapeutic Strategies in Portal Hypertension in Baveno, Italy. In 2010 he was organizer and co-chairman of the European School of Hepatology (EASL) in Barcelona, Spain.

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