Acute Liver Failure: A Comprehensive Guide

By Nikolaos T. Pyrsopoulos MD PhD MBA FACP AGAF

Dr. Pyrsopoulos has assembled the top authors in the field to provide current reviews on acute liver failure, making this the first time this topic is addressed in one volume. This comprehensive guide covers a wide range of topics, including:

1. Classification and Epidemiologic Aspects of Acute Liver Failure
2. Acute Liver Failure: Mechanisms of disease and multi-systemic involvement
3. The Pathology of Acute Liver Failure
4. Liver Regeneration in the Acute Liver Failure Patient
5. Viral Hepatitis and Acute Liver Failure: Still a Problem
6. Drug-induced Liver Injury and Acute Liver Failure
7. Acetaminophen and Acute Liver Failure
8. Non-Viral Or Drug-Induced Etiologies of Acute Liver Failure
9. The Clinical Spectrum and Manifestations of Acute Liver Failure
10. Non ICU Management of Acute Liver Failure
11. Management of Acute Liver Failure in the ICU Setting
12. Prognostic Models of Acute Liver Failure
13. The Role of Liver Transplantation in Acute Liver Failure
14. Future Approaches and Therapeutic Modalities for Acute Liver Failure

Readers will come away with a current point of view about how to approach and manage the patient with acute liver failure. This book provides a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, researchers, and students in the field of hepatology and gastroenterology.

Product Details

Publisher: Elsevier

Edition: 1st edition (April 17, 2018)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0323583601

ISBN-13: 978-0323583602