This issue of the Medical Clinics of North America brings the practicing clinician up to date on best practices of caring for the cirrhotic patient.
Topics covered include diagnosis and epidemiology of cirrhosis; ascites: diagnosis and management; encephalopathy: pathophysiology and emerging therapies; portal hypertensive bleeding; renal failure: differential diagnosis and management; pulmonary complications; hepatocellular carcinoma: current state of treatment; preventative health issues; pre-operative risk assessment;
and liver transplantation: from Child's to MELD.
By:
David A. Sass (Jefferson University) Imprint: W B Saunders Co Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Volume: 93-4 Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 390g ISBN:9781437712407 ISBN 10: 1437712401 Series:The Clinics: Internal Medicine Pages: 962 Publication Date:31 July 2009 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA