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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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Totowa, NJ :
Humana Press,
2011.
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| Σειρά: | Clinical Gastroenterology
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 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.
