NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC LIVER AND METABOLIC DISEASES. CLINICAL CASEBOOK

1. Neonatal and Pediatric Liver Diseases
2. Case 1: A 20-Month-Old Child Who Returned to the Clinic After a Lapse of 12 Months and a 20-Month-Old Child with Recurrent Convulsions
3. Case 2: A 9-Year-Old Boy Presenting with Hepatitis, Epistaxis, and Bleeding from Gums
4. Case 3: Lightning Strikes at One Place Thrice!
5. Case 4: A Worried Couple with a Child Having Jaundice
6. Case 5: A 2-Year-Old Child Who Had Recurrent Hematemesis and Bleeding per Rectum
7. Case 6: A Child Who Had Lost Appetite and Interest
8. Case 7: A Year-Old Child with Chronic Diarrhea and Severe Failure to Thrive
9. Case 8: A 3-Year-Old Male with Recurrent Diarrhea and Chest Infection That Made His Mother Go Back to Her Parents
10. Case 9: A 11-Month-Old Pair of Twins Who Made Everyone in the Family Cry for 5 Months
11. Case 10: A Child with Recurrent Diarrhea That Made the Family Measurable
12. Case 11: A 3-Month-Old Child with Recurrent Fever, Diarrhea, Failure to Thrive, and Electrolyte Disturbances
13. Case 12: A 13-Year-Old Girl with Chronic Abdominal Pain and Vomiting
14. Case 13: A 6-Month-Old Child with Neonatal Cholestasis and Generalized Edema
15. Case 14: A 6-Week-Old Child Who Had Progressive Jaundice and Creamy White Stools
16. Case 15: Milk by Any Other Name Could Also Be Milk
17. Case 16: An 8-Year-Old Son of a Lady Executive Who Was a Keen “Net” Searcher
18. Case 17: Neo Rich Parents Who Wanted the Best for Their Child!
19. Case 18: A Case of “Crigler–Najjar Syndrome”
20. Case 19: A Pleasant Child Who Developed Prolonged Jaundice
21. Case 20: Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice and Cardiac Defects
22. Case 21: Neonatal Jaundice in a Child with Ocular Problem
23. Case 22: A 3-Year-Old Girl with Unexplained Vomiting and Failure to Thrive
24. Case 23: A 3-Year-Old Boy with Failure to Thrive and Progressively Stiffening Muscles
25. Case 24: A 2-Month-Old Child with Neonatal Ascites
26. Case 25: A Patient with Sickle Cell Anemia with Sudden Onset of Jaundice
27. Case 26: A 7-Year-Old Boy with Recurrence of Jaundice
28. Case 27: An 8-Year-Old Boy with Recurrent Jaundice
29. Case 28: A 3-Year-Old with Huge Liver and Abnormal Liver Functions
30. Case 29: A 15-Year-Old Boy with Prolonged Jaundice
31. Case 30: A Young Girl with Recurrent Jaundice and Vague RUQ Mass
32. Case 31: A Young Boy with Ascites
33. Case 32: Two Cases of Recurrence of Jaundice
34. Case 33: A 12-Year-Old Boy with “Obstructive Jaundice”
35. Case 34: 11-Year-Old Boy with Jaundice and Bleeding PR
36. Case 35: A Young Boy with Failed Renal Transplant and Sudden Onset of Ascites
37. Case 36: A 2-Year-Old Boy with Diarrhea, Failure to Thrive, and Hepatomegaly
38. Case 37: A Child with “Recurrent Attacks of Asthma”
39. Case 38: A 3-Year-Old Boy with Recurrent Jaundice and Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia
40. Case 39: 3-Year-Old Boy with Huge Liver
41. Case 40: A Case of Neonatal Liver Failure
42. Case 41: A Case of Acute Hepatitis and... Something More
43. Case 42: A Case of Neonatal Hepatitis and Failure to Thrive
44. Case 43: An Infant with Sudden Onset of Unilateral Ptosis and Jaundice
45. Case 44: A Neonate with Rapidly Deteriorating Liver Functions
46. Case 45: A 6-Month-Old Child with Hematemesis
47. Case 46: A Young Child with Persistent Elevation of SGOT/SGPT
48. Case 47: An Infant with Persistent Vomiting
49. Case 48: A Case of Fever and Jaundice
50. Case 49: A Neonate with Jaundice and Enlarged Liver
51. Case 50: A Case of Huge Hepatomegaly but No Hypoglycemia
52. Case 51: Pregnant Lady with HBsAg Positivity: A Pediatrician’s Perspective

This book is written to simplify complex topics of neonatal and pediatric liver and metabolic diseases which are encountered by clinicians on a day to day basis. Neonatal and early pediatric liver diseases are very much different from adult liver diseases. Most of them are either structural diseases or genetically modulated metabolic disorders affecting liver. They all look same; however the underlying etiology could be quite different. This book thoroughly covers various neonatal and pediatric liver and metabolic diseases through a unique clinical case based approach via a vast clinical experience of the author. The book presents more than 50 unique cases and presents real life learning scenario with various examples facilitating better understanding of the disease and the ways to analyze it. The book uses a simple language and presents line diagrams and algorithms facilitating learning. This book shall be a valuable resource for practicing general pediatricians, pediatric residents and gastroenterologists with involvement in pediatric liver and liver related metabolic diseases.

Features
• Discusses commonly encountered neonatal and pediatric liver problems
• Simplifies learning with line diagrams and algorithms
• Covers various unique and commonly occurring clinical cases

Author
Dr Manoj K Ghoda, M.D., M.R.C.P., Epic Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujrat 230009, India