Support of the Acutely Failing Liver
eBook - ePub

Support of the Acutely Failing Liver

  1. 152 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Support of the Acutely Failing Liver

About this book

In this book, members of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Liver Support Unit (LSU) present the most current understanding of the pathophysiology of liver failure and how its various forms and manifestations are classified, and summarize the state of the art in the diagnosis and management of the disease.

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Yes, you can access Support of the Acutely Failing Liver by Achilles A. Demetriou,Frederick D. Watanabe in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Biology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
1999
eBook ISBN
9781040189375
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Biology

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CONTENTS
  5. EDITORS
  6. PREFACE
  7. Chapter 1 The Liver: A Brief Historical Perspective
  8. Chapter 2 Acute Liver Failure: Definitions and Etiology
  9. Chapter 3 Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
  10. Chapter 4 Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy: Treatment
  11. Chapter 5 Medical Management of Acute Liver Failure
  12. Chapter 6 Surgical Management of Acute Liver Failure
  13. Chapter 7 Liver Support System Development
  14. Chapter 8 Clinical Experience with a Bioartificial Liver
  15. 9 Clinical Use of a Bioartificial Liver to Treat Acetaminophen-Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure
  16. 10 Development of a Strategy for Management of Severe Acute T •      T”1 *1 nnL T • C          j. T T *1. Liver Failure: The Liver Support Unit
  17. 11 Other Experimental Therapeutic Strategies: Liver Gene Therapy
  18. Chapter 12 Other Experimental Therapeutic Strategies: Hepatocyte Transplantation
  19. Index