THE CRITICALLY ILL CIRRHOTIC PATIENT. EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT (SOFTCOVER)

1. Epidemiology and Natural History of Chronic Liver Disease
2. Management of Ascites
3. Portosystemic Shunt Embolization in Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy
4. Gastroesophageal Variceal Bleeding Management
5. Renal Dysfunction in Patients with Cirrhosis
6. Intensive Care Management of Patients with Cirrhosis
7. Infections in Critically Ill Cirrhosis Patients
8. Obesity and the Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patient
9. Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Critically Ill Patient with Cirrhosis
10. Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis
11. Acute on Chronic Liver Failure
12. Anticoagulation in the Hospitalized Patient with Decompensated Cirrhosis: Management of a Delicate Balance
13. The Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
14. Liver Transplantation
15. Gender Disparities in Liver Transplantation
16. The Role of Palliative Care in Cirrhosis

This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the diagnosis and management of the critically ill cirrhotic patient. The book reviews recent data about risk factors for acute on chronic liver failure (including infection, renal dysfunction and acute alcoholic hepatitis), profiles the latest treatment strategies for the management of variceal bleeding, ascites, hepatocellular carcinoma and presents current and novel therapies for acute hepatic encephalopathy, and anticoagulation in liver disease. The volume also focuses on the changing etiology of liver disease, with an emphasis on obesity and frailty/sarcopenia, and advances in surgical techniques, including living donor liver transplants and gender disparities in liver transplantation. Palliative care for the critically ill liver patient is also discussed in the book.
Written by experts in the field, The Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patient: Evaluation and Management is a valuable resource for clinicians, practitioners, health care providers, and researchers who encounter patients with chronic liver disease, including end-stage liver cirrhosis.

Features
• Features a discussion on the new United Network of Organ Sharing guidelines
• Supplemented with numerous illustrative figures, photographs, and tables
• Written by experts in the field