Ascites and renal dysfunction in liver diseases
Subtitle: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment
By: edited by Pere Ginès ... [et al.].
Contributors: Ginès, Pere.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9781405118040
Subjects: Liver -- Diseases -- Complications.; Ascites.; Kidneys -- Diseases.; Liver Diseases -- complications.; Ascites -- etiology.; Ascites -- therapy.; Kidney Diseases -- etiology.; Liver Diseases -- physiopathology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Extracellular fluid volume homeostasis / Robert W. Schrier; value: Physiology of the renal circulation / Roland C. Blantz; value: Physiology of the gastrointestinal circulation / Neil Granger; value: Physiology of the hepatic circulation / Roberto J. Groszman; value: The systemic circulation in cirrhosis / Soeren Moeller; value: The splanchnic circulation in cirrhosis / Jaime Bosch; value: Alterations of hepatic and splanchnic microvascular exchange in cirrhosis : local factors in the formation of ascites / Jens Henriksen; value: The heart in cirrhosis / Samuel Lee; value: The renin angiotensin aldosterone system in cirrhosis / Mauro Bernardi; value: The sympathetic nervous system in cirrhosis / Francis J. Dudley; value: Atrial natriuretic peptide and other natriuretic factors in cirrhosis / Giorgio La Villa; value: Arachidonic acid metabolites and the kidney in cirrhosis / Kevin P. Moore; value: Pathophysiological role of nitric oxide in cirrhosis / Wladimiro Jimenez; value: Endothelin and systemic, renal, and hepatic hemodynamic disturbances in cirrhosis / Alexander Gerbes; value: Carbon monoxide and the hemeoxygenase system in cirrhosis / Herbert Bonkovsky; value: Experimental models of cirrhosis and ascites / Joan Claria; value: Pathogenesis of sodium retention in cirrhosis. The arterial vasodilation hypotheses of ascites formation / Robert W. Schrier; value: Pathogenesis of hyponatremia. The role of argenine vasopressin / Robert W. Schrier; value: Medical treatment of ascites in cirrhosis / Paolo Angeli; value: Paracentesis for cirrhotic ascites / Ramon Planas; value: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts; value: TIPS for the management of refractory ascites in cirrhosis / Guadalupe Garcia Tsao; value: Management of hyponatremia in cirrhosis. The aquaretic drugs / Pere Ginès; value: Natural history and prognosis of cirrhosis with ascites / Pere Ginès; value: Liver transplantation for patients with cirrhosis and ascites / Antoni Rimola; value: A practical approach to treatment of patients with cirrhosis and ascites / Pere Ginès; value: Etiology, diagnosis, and management of non cirrhotic ascites / Jürgen Schölmerich, Egbert Frick; value: Pathogenesis of renal vasoconstriction in cirrhosis / Juan Rodés; value: Hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis : management and natural history / Vicente Arroyo; value: Renal parenchymal diseases in cirrhosis / Alkesh Jani; value: Drug induced renal failure in cirrhosis / Francesco Salerno; value: Renal failure in acute liver diseases / John O'Grady; value: Renal dysfunction in obstructive jaundice / Antonio Sitges-Serra; value: Experimental models of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis / Agustin Albillos; value: Pathogenesis and clinical features of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis / Bruce A. Runyon; value: Treatment and prophylaxis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis / Miquel Navasa.