Critical Care in Acute Liver Failure.
Title:
Critical Care in Acute Liver Failure.
Author:
Williams, Roger.
ISBN:
9781780842554
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (183 pages)
Contents:
Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword. Critical care in acute liver failure -- 1. Definition, pattern of disease and prognosis -- 2. Histopathological basis of syndrome -- 3. Worldwide differences in acute liver failure -- 4. Investigation and diagnostic pathways -- 5. Disease-specific treatments -- 6. General supportive management -- 7. Management of encephalopathy and cerebral edema -- 8. Inflammation, infection and renal failure -- 9. Acute liver failure coagulation disturbances and need for treatment -- 10. Selection and results of liver transplantation -- 11. Acute liver failure in children -- 12. Plasmapheresis and extracorporeal liver support -- Index.
Abstract:
With many years of top-level experience in the field, Roger Williams and Julia Wendon have compiled this concise volume, contributing both as editors and as authors, and have invited other contributors on the basis of their important contributions and expertise in ALF. The outcome is a rounded and clearly formatted account of the subject, in thirteen chapters, that will help in obtaining the best possible future care for desperately ill patients.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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