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

9781405118040: Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405118040 ISBN 13: 9781405118040

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

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.

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Book Description:

There are a number of diseases, such as ascites, renal dysfunction, cirrhosis and hypertension where both the liver and the kidney are involved. In addition, both organs are very important in regulating extracellular fluid volume, and how they work together or don't work together can affect circulation and the heart. There has been very little written in the literature on the interaction of the two organs. This book addresses that problem. The first edition of Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease was published in January 1999 and received extremely positive reviews:'There is no doubt that this textbook is essential, even for confirmed practitioners' Acta Gastro-enterologica Belgica'Current information regarding treatment and therapy for patients with cirrhosis and ascites is clearly and effectively presented by the top international experts within this field' Scandinavian Journal of GastroenterologyThe second edition is entirely revised and updated and the contents place greater emphasis on therapy.

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