Key Consultations in Hepatology (Clinics in Liver Disease, Vol.13, No 2, May 2009)

Often the hepatologist sees patients in consultation, and this issue focuses on how to deal with diagnosing, treating, and managing patients in the hospital on a consultation basis. The Guest Editor has assembled top experts to present articles on the asymptomatic outpatient with abnormal LFTs, surgery in the patient with liver disease, issues in long-term care of liver transplant recipients, management of autoimmune cholestatic liver disease, and current status of hepatitis vaccination and prophylaxis, to name a few.