Hepatic Critical Care

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nanchal, Rahul (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Subramanian, Ram (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Critical care medicine.; Hepatology.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

This book focuses on the critical care of the patient with acute, acute on chronic and chronic liver failure as well as the peri-operative care of the patient with liver transplantation. Each of these disease processes is unique in pathophysiological manifestations, underpinnings of physiology and t...

Table of Contents:

• Normal Hepatic Function and Physiology
• Circulatory Physiology in Liver Disease
• Respiratory Physiology in Liver Disease
• Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Physiology in Liver Disease
• Renal Physiology in Acute and Chronic Liver Disease
• Cerebrovascular Physiology in Liver Disease
• Definition, Epidemiology, Natural History and Prognostication of Liver Disease
• Brain and the Liver- Cerebral Edema, Hepatic Encephalopathy and Beyond
• Cardiovascular Alterations in Acute and Chronic Liver Failure
• Gastrointestinal Complications in Liver Disease
• Respiratory Complications in Acute and Chronic Liver Disease
• Renal Complications in Acute and Chronic Liver Disease
• Hematological Complications in Liver Disease
• Nutrition in Liver Disease
• Infectious Complications in Liver Disease
• Pharmacological Considerations in Liver Failure
• Non Transplant Surgical Considerations: Hepatic Surgery and Liver Trauma
• Anesthetic and Perioperative Considerations in the patient with liver disease (Non Transplant)
• Perioperative Considerations during Liver Transplantation
• Use of Extra-Corporeal Liver Support Therapies
• Assessing Liver Function in the Critically Ill Patient.