Chapter 30. Liver Diseases in the Elderly

  1. Stephen Jackson Professor of Geriatric Medicine2,
  2. Paul Jansen3,
  3. Arduino Mangoni4
  1. Réme Mountfield,
  2. Alan J. Wigg

Published Online: 2 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch30

Book Title

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

Prescribing for Elderly Patients

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How to Cite

Mountfield, R. and Wigg, A. J. (2009) Liver Diseases in the Elderly, in Prescribing for Elderly Patients (eds S. Jackson, P. Jansen and A. Mangoni), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470017975.ch30

Editor Information

  1. 2

    Department of Clinical Gerontology, King's College Hospital, London, UK

  2. 3

    Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  3. 4

    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Flinders University, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Author Information

  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 2 APR 2009
  2. Published Print: 27 MAY 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470024287

Online ISBN: 9780470017975

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Keywords:

  • liver diseases in elderly;
  • drug induced liver disease;
  • alcoholic liver disease;
  • non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH);
  • chronic Hepatitis C - increasing in older people;
  • current antiviral therapy for HCV - combination pegylated interferon injection;
  • chronic Hepatitis B - major worldwide global health problem;
  • liver transplantation

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Physiological changes associated with ageing

  • Drug induced liver disease

  • Cirrhosis

  • Alcoholic liver disease

  • Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)

  • Hepatitis C

  • Hepatitis B

  • Liver transplantation

  • References

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