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American Family Physician September 1, 2006 Heidelbaugh & Bruderly	Cirrhosis and Chronic Liver Failure: Part I. Diagnosis and Evaluation Part I of a two-part on how to diagnose and determine treatment for cirrhosis and chronic liver failure.
American Family Physician November 1, 2001 Thomas R. Riley	Preventive Strategies in Chronic Liver Disease Chronic liver disease is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Preventive care can significantly reduce the progression of liver disease. Part I: Alcohol, Vaccines, Toxic Medications and Supplements, Diet and Exercise...
American Family Physician January 15, 2004 Roche & Kobos	Jaundice in the Adult Patient Jaundice in an adult patient can be caused by a wide variety of benign or life-threatening disorders. Organizing the differential diagnosis by prehepatic, intrahepatic, and posthepatic causes may help make the work-up more manageable.
American Family Physician March 15, 2004	Management of Hepatitis C: Evaluating Suitability for Drug Therapy Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is a common and serious disease. Although an estimated 2.7 million persons in the United States have this disease, most have not yet been diagnosed.
Nurse Practitioner December 2009 Gujral & Collantes	Understanding Viral Hepatitis: A guide for primary care Recent advancements in the field of genomics and proteomics technology have given researchers and clinicians more insight on disease pathogenesis and helped create more tailored approaches to the treatment of these conditions.
Nursing October 2011 Habib & Saunders	The yellow bird of jaundice: Recognizing biliary obstruction This article describes the various possible causes of biliary obstruction, diagnostic studies and treatment options, and nursing considerations for patients with this disorder.
Nursing December 2008 Susan Simmons Holcomb	Caring for a patient with chronic hepatitis C Teach your patient about improved treatments that can help him deal with this potentially deadly infection.
American Family Physician January 1, 2004 Lin & Kirchner	Hepatitis B Hepatitis B causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Effective vaccines for hepatitis B virus have been available since 1982; infant and childhood vaccination programs introduced in the 1990s have resulted in a marked decrease in new infections.
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 Sarah C. P. Williams	The Fat You Can't See Without the liver acting as a filter and energy producer, a person can't survive, and no artificial organ can perform all of its duties. But in one in three Americans -- and similar numbers in other developed nations -- the liver has lost its luster.
American Family Physician March 1, 2002 David J. Brandhagen	Recognition and Management of Hereditary Hemochromatosis Hereditary hemochromatosis is the most common inherited single-gene disorder in people of northern European descent. It is characterized by increased intestinal absorption of iron, with deposition of the iron in multiple organs...
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American Family Physician October 1, 2000 Kelly W. Jones, Pharm.D. & Supen R. Patel, M.D.	A Family Physician's Guide to Monitoring Methotrexate Although the drug is usually prescribed by a subspecialist, a family physician may assume responsibility for monitoring methotrexate therapy...
American Journal of Nursing February 2010 Melissa M. Smith	Emergency: Variceal Hemorrhage from Esophageal Varices Associated with Alcoholic Liver Disease This article describes alcoholic cirrhosis and its complications, discusses the etiology of esophageal varices and the risk factors for hemorrhage, and addresses emergent treatment.
American Family Physician October 1, 2005 Francine Rainone	Milk Thistle Milk thistle has been used as a cytoprotectant for the treatment of liver disease, for the treatment and prevention of cancer, and as a supportive treatment of Amanita phalloides poisoning. Clinical studies are largely heterogeneous and contradictory.
Nursing March 2009 Mary G. McKinley	Recognizing and Responding to Acute Liver Failure By quickly recognizing the signs and symptoms of acute liver failure, you can help your patient improve his odds of surviving this often-deadly condition.
American Family Physician September 1, 2006	Cirrhosis and Chronic Liver Failure: What You Should Know The basics about cirrhosis and chronic liver failure.
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American Family Physician August 15, 2003 Lesho & Gey	Managing Issues Related to Antiretroviral Therapy HIV-related deaths and opportunistic infections have decreased dramatically since the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy, and health care providers are focusing on management of increasingly complex drug regimens and their associated interactions and toxicities.
American Family Physician November 15, 2006 Mark H. Ebell	Point-of-Care Guides The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD), United Network for Organ Sharing modification.
Science News January 21, 2006 Janet Raloff	Caffeinated Liver Defense A 20-year long study recently concluded people who routinely drank more than two cups of coffee or tea per day faced only half the risk of being hospitalized with cirrhosis and other types of serious liver disease as did people consuming less of these drinks.
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