Liver Diseases explores a range of liver conditions, including cirrhosis, portal hypertension, alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson’s disease and acute liver failure.

Liver Diseases is an invaluable tool for all nurses and health care professionals working with people with liver disease.

Contents

1. Anatomy and physiology
2. Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies
3. Jaundice
4. Portal hypertension
5. Ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hyponatraemia and hepatorenal failure
6. Hepatic encephalopathy
7. Alcohol-related liver disease
8. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
9. Viral hepatitis
10. Autoimmune hepatitis
11. Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis
12. Metabolic liver disease
13. Acute liver failure
14. Nutrition in liver disease
15. Drug-induced liver injury
16. Pregnancy-related liver disease
17. Hepatobiliary malignancies
18. Liver transplantation

Index

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