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Hepatology and Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

  • 1st Edition, Volume 32-3 - July 6, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Rahul S. Nanchal, Ram M. Subramanian
  • Language: English

This issue of Critical Care Clinics focuses on Hepatology and Critical Care. Articles include: Acute on Chronic and Decompensated Chronic Liver Failure, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Re… Read more

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This issue of Critical Care Clinics focuses on Hepatology and Critical Care. Articles include: Acute on Chronic and Decompensated Chronic Liver Failure, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Respiratory Complication in Liver Disease, GI Issues in Liver Disease, Bridging the Patient with Liver Disease to Transplant or Recovery, Infections in Liver Disease, Kidney Injury in Liver Disease, The Liver in Critical Illness, Hematological Issues in Liver Disease, Pharmacological Issues in Liver Disease and more!

Table of contents

1. Preface: Hepato-centric Musings of Two Intensivists—Back to the Future

2. Acute-on-chronic and Decompensated Chronic Liver Failure: Definitions, Epidemiology, and Prognostication

3. Hepatic Encephalopathy—the Old and the New

4. The Circulatory System in Liver Disease

5. Kidney Injury in Liver Disease

6. Respiratory Complication in Liver Disease

7. Gastrointestinal Issues in Liver Disease

8. Hematological Issues in Liver Disease

9. Pharmacologic Issues in Liver Disease

10. Infections in Liver Disease

11. The Liver in Critical Illness

12. Current Evidence for Extracorporeal Liver Support Systems in Acute Liver Failure and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure

13. Perioperative Care of the Liver Transplant Patient

14. Index

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  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 32-3
  • Published: July 6, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Rahul S. Nanchal

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology, Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit, Director, Critical Care Fellowship Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Ram M. Subramanian

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Medical Director Liver Transplantation, Division of Hepatology and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia