Chronic Liver Failure Mechanisms and Management /

Chronic liver failure is a frequent condition in clinical practice that encompasses all manifestations of patients with end-stage liver diseases. Chronic liver failure is a multiorgan syndrome that affects the liver, kidneys, brain, heart, lungs, adrenal glands, and vascular, coagulation, and immune...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ginès, Pere (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kamath, Patrick S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Arroyo, Vicente (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2011.
Σειρά:Clinical Gastroenterology
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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505 0 |a Cells in the liver. Functions in health and disease -- Physiology of liver function -- Assessment of liver function in clinical practice -- Physiology of the splanchnic and hepatic circulations -- Fibrosis as main mechanism of chronic liver disease -- Stem cells in the liver -- The role of inflammatory mediators in liver failure -- Genomics of the liver in health and disease -- Hepatic encephalopathy and alterations of cerebral function -- Bacterial translocation and alterations of the digestive system -- SIRS, bacterial infections and alterations of the immune system -- Extracellular fluid volume regulation and renal function -- The heart in chronic liver failure -- Hemostasis abnormalities in chronic liver failure -- The systemic and splanchnic circulations -- Liver microcirculation -- Angiogenesis in liver diseases -- Pulmonary alterations in chronic liver failure -- Adrenal function in chronic liver failure -- Antibiotic prophylaxis and management of bacterial infections -- Management of ascites and hyponatremia -- Management of renal failure -- Therapy of Hemostasis abnormalities in chronic liver failure -- Prevention and management of gastrointestinal bleeding -- Extracorporeal artificial liver support systems -- Issues in transplantation of patients with chronic liver failure -- Management of chronic liver failure in the intensive care unit. 
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