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" Chronic liver failure : "
edited by Pere Ginès, Patrick S. Kamath, Vicente Arroyo.
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BL
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962709
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b717079
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Chronic liver failure : : mechanisms and management /\ edited by Pere Ginès, Patrick S. Kamath, Vicente Arroyo.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Humana Press,, ©2011.
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| Series Statement
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Clinical gastroenterology
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1 online resource (xviii, 588 pages) :: illustrations
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1607618656
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: 1607618664
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: 9781607618652
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: 9781607618669
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The organ -- Cells in the liver: functions in health and disease -- Liver physiology -- Assessment of liver function in clinical practice -- Physiology of the splanchnic and hepatic circulations -- Fibrosis as a major mechanism of chronic liver disease -- Stem cells and chronic liver failure: potential new therapeutics -- The role of inflammatory mediators in liver failure -- Genomics of the liver in health and disease -- Effects of liver failure on organ systems -- Hepatic encephalopathy and alterations of cerebral function -- Bacterial translocation and alterations of the digestive system -- SIRS, bacterial infections, and alterations of the immune system -- Regulation of the extracellular fluid volume and renal function -- The heart in chronic liver failure -- Haemostasis abnormalities in chronic liver failure -- The systemic and splanchnic circulations -- Hepatic microcirculation -- Angiogenesis and vascular growth in liver diseases -- Pulmonary alterations in chronic liver failure -- Adrenal function in chronic liver failure -- Management of chronic liver failure -- Antibiotic prophylaxis and management of bacterial infections -- Management of ascites and hyponatremia -- Management of renal failure -- Correction of abnormalities of haemostasis in chronic liver disease -- The treatment and prevention of variceal bleeding -- Extracorporeal artificial liver support systems -- Issues in transplantation of patients with chronic liver failure -- Chronic liver disease in the intensive care.
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| Abstract
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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 systems. Chronic Liver Failure: Mechanisms and Management covers for the first time all aspects of chronic liver failure in a single book, from pathogenesis to current management. Each chapter is written by a worldwide known expert in their area and all provide the latest state-of-the-art knowledge. This volume is specifically designed to provide answers to clinical questions to all doctors dealing with patients with liver diseases, not only clinical gastroenterologists and hepatologists, but also to internists, nephrologists, intensive care physicians, and transplant surgeons.
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Liver-- Failure.
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Liver-- Failure.
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Médecine.
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Liver Failure.
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Liver Diseases.
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616.3/62
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RC848.F27C47 2011
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2011 G-783
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WI 700
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Arroyo, V.
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Ginès, Pere.
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Kamath, Patrick S.
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