Liver diseases : an essential guide for nurses and health care professionals / edited by Suzanne Sargent.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sargent, Suzanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liver--Diseases--Nursing.

Liver.

Liver--Diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Liver disease is a rapidly growing speciality, and nurses and health care professionals need to have the relevant knowledge and skills to care for patients with liver problems in a safe and effective way. Liver Diseases is a comprehensive, evidence-based, practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with liver disease. Liver Diseases explores a range of liver conditions, including cirrhosis, portal hypertension, alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson's disease and acute liver failure. It looks at the anatomy & physiology of the

Contents:

Liver Diseases: An essential guide for nurses and health care professionals; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1: Anatomy and physiology; Introduction; The liver; Hepatic microstructure; Carbohydrate metabolism; Fat metabolism; Protein metabolism; Clotting factors; Storage of vitamins/iron; Blood cleansing; Processing of drugs and other xenobiotics; Excocrine function; Bilirubin; Liver cirrhosis/fibrosis; Chapter summary; 2: Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies; Introduction; Patient history; Signs of liver disease; Laboratory tests; Diagnostic studies

Complications and considerationsChapter summary; Illustrative case study; 3: Jaundice; Introduction; Classification of jaundice; Bilirubin formation; Bile functions; Diseases of bilirubin metabolism; Investigations; Malabsorption; Gallbladder disease; Drug-induced jaundice; Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; Additional considerations; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study; 4: Portal hypertension; Introduction; Definition; Causes; Consequences; Clinical features; Investigations; Management of variceal haemorrhage; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study

5: Ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hyponatraemia and hepatorenal failureIntroduction; Definition; Classification; Pathogenesis of ascites formation; Diagnosis; Treatment; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; Hyponatraemia; Hepatorenal syndrome; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study; 6: Hepatic encephalopathy; Introduction; Definition; Pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy; Classification of hepatic encephalopathy; Diagnosis and investigations; Treatment and management of hepatic encephalopathy; Hepatic encephalopathy in acute liver failure; Chapter summary

Illustrative case study7: Alcohol-related liver disease; Introduction; Incidence; Metabolism of alcohol; Pathophysiology; Clinical features; Alcoholic hepatitis; Nursing considerations; Alcohol-withdrawal therapies and protocols; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study; 8: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; Introduction; Definition; Disease prevalence; Risk factors; Natural history of NAFLD; Clinical features; Diagnosis; Pathogenesis; Disease management; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study; 9: Viral hepatitis; Introduction; Hepatitis A virus; Hepatitis E virus; Hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis D virusHepatitis C virus; color plates; Hepatitis and HIV co-infection; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study; 10: Autoimmune hepatitis; Introduction; Pathogenesis; Clinical features; Classification; Diagnosis; Complications; Variant syndromes; Treatment; Pregnancy and autoimmune hepatitis; Liver transplantation; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study; 11: Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis; Introduction; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; Chapter summary; Illustrative case study; 12: Metabolic liver disease; Introduction

Wilson's disease

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612385193

9781282385191

1282385194

9781444322682

1444322680

9781444322699

1444322699

OCLC:

554886778