Chronic Liver Failure: Mechanisms and Management [Hardcover]

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.Covering all aspects of chronic liver failure in a single volume, Chronic Liver Failure is designed to provide doctors with clinical answers for?patients with liver diseases. Each chapter is written by a world renowned expert in their area, and provides the latest state-of-the-art knowledge.1.Cells in the liver. Functions in health and disease. Fabio Marra, Maurizio Parola2.Physiology of liver function. Jean Fran?ois Dufour, Alexander Sendensky3.Assessment of liver function in clinical practice Hamed Khalili MD, Lawrence S. Friedman MD, Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD4.Physiology of the splanchnic and hepatic circulations. Gautam Mehta, Juan-Carlos Garc?a-Pag?n, Jaime Bosch5.Fibrosis as main mechanism of chronic liver disease. Lars P. Bechmann, Scott L. Friedman6.Stem cells in the liver Aiwu Ruth He, Arun Thenappan, Feras J Abdul Khalek, Lopa Mishra7.The role of inflammatory mediators in liver failure Joan Cl?ria, Marta L?pez-Parra, Esther Titos, Ana Gonz?lez-P?riz.8.Genomics of the liver in health and disease Kostas Lazaridis, MDPART II. EFFECTS OF LIVER FAILURE ON ORGAN SYSTEMS9.Hepatic lĂ!