Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405118040 ISBN 13: 9781405118040

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

There has been very little written on the interaction of the liver and kidney. This book addresses the increasing incidence and significance of diseases, such as ascites, renal dysfunction, cirrhosis and hypertension where both organs are involved.

This textbook is essential, even for confirmed practitioners and contains current information regarding treatment and therapy for patients with cirrhosis and ascites, clearly and effectively presented by the top international experts within this field.

The second edition is entirely revised and updated and places greater emphasis on therapy.

About this title

About the Author

Professor Vincente Arroyo, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Dr Pere Gines, Liver Unit, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Professor Juan Rodes, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Professor Robert W. Schrier, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA.

From the Back Cover

With the four editors based in the leading clinic in the field, Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease, 2nd edition still represents the only comprehensive book available in the subject area. The book is not only aimed at clinical researchers interest in complications of cirrhosis but also for those clinicians, whether they be gastroenterologists, transplant hepatologists, nephrologists, or internists caring for patients with liver diseases.

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated

• More clinically orientated than the first edition
• Contents place a greater emphasis on therapy
• International author team
• Contains 8 new chapters, including:
• Physiology of the hepatic circulation
• The heart in cirrhosis
• TIPS for the management of refractory ascites in cirrhosis
• A practical approach to treatment of patients with cirrhosis and ascites
• Management of Hyponatremia in cirrhosis
• The aquaretic drugs

From the Inside Flap

With the four editors based in the leading clinic in the field, Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease, 2nd edition still represents the only comprehensive book available in the subject area. The book is not only aimed at clinical researchers interest in complications of cirrhosis but also for those clinicians, whether they be gastroenterologists, transplant hepatologists, nephrologists, or internists caring for patients with liver diseases.

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated

• 
  
• More clinically orientated than the first edition
• 
  
• Contents place a greater emphasis on therapy
• 
  
• International author team
• 
  
• Contains 8 new chapters, including:
• 
  
• Physiology of the hepatic circulation
• 
  
• The heart in cirrhosis
• 
  
• TIPS for the management of refractory ascites in cirrhosis
• 
  
• A practical approach to treatment of patients with cirrhosis and ascites
• 
  
• Management of Hyponatremia in cirrhosis
• 
  
• The aquaretic drugs

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405118040
• ISBN 13: 9781405118040
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: Ginés Pere, Arroyo Vicente, Rodés Juan, Schrier Robert W.