Liver disease and peritonitis : causes, treatment and prevention / Mao Kang Voung and Jiang Shi Sung, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sung, Jiang Shi.

Voung, Mao Kang.

Series:

Hepatology research and clinical developments series.

Hepatology research and clinical developments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liver--Diseases.

Liver.

Peritonitis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical/Nova Science Publishers, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the causes, treatment and prevention of liver disease and peritonitis. Topics discussed include abnormal circulating adiponectin levels which are closely associated with the development of chronic liver disease; systemic immuno-inflammatory response to severe peritonitis; the pathogenesis and therapy of peritonitis in cirrhosis; ethnic disparities in liver diseases and alteration of adhesion molecules expression and cellular polarity in liver disease.

Contents:

""LIVER DISEASE AND PERITONITISCAUSES, TREATMENT AND PREVENTION""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1. Systemic Immuno-Inflammatory Response to Severe Peritonitis""; ""Anatomy of the Peritoneal Membrane""; ""Physiology of the Peritoneal Membrane""; ""Response of the PeritonealMembrane to Injury""; ""From Immune Response to SecondaryPeritonitis to Severe Sepsis, Septic Shockand Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome""; ""Sepsis, Severe Sepsis,Septic Shock and Mods""; ""Definitions""

""Contribution of Genes Polymorphism toSusceptibility and Outcome of SepsisAssociated with Peritonitis""""Infection and Inflammation inSecondary Peritonitis""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 2. Pediatric Non-Alcoholic FattyLiver Disease""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Prevalence of NAFLD""; ""Pathophysiology of NAFLD""; ""Demographics, Genetic Predispositionsand Risk Factors for NAFLD""; ""Natural History and Metabolic andNutritional Profile of NAFLD""; ""Development of NAFLD, NASH and End Stage Liver Disease""; ""Approach to Diagnosis of NAFLD""; ""Clinical Presentation""

""Diagnosis - Laboratory Evaluations""""Radiological Evaluation""; ""Ultrasound""; ""CT Scan""; ""Magnetic Resonance Imaging""; ""Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)""; ""Fibrosan""; ""Histologic Evaluation""; ""Biomarkers""; ""Management""; ""Diet Lifestyle Modifications""; ""Pharmacologic Interventions""; ""Antiobesity""; ""Attenuation of Insulin Resistance""; ""Metformin""; ""Thiazolidinediones""; ""Antioxidants""; ""Bariatric Surgery""; ""Liver Transplantation for NASH""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 3. Peritonitis in Cirrhosis:Pathogenesis, Diagnosis andTherapy""

""Abstract""""Introduction""; ""Pathogenesis""; ""Clinical Manifestations ofSBP and Diagnosis""; ""Ascitic Fluid Cell Analysis""; ""Ascitic Fluid Culture""; ""SBP Variants""; ""Therapy of SpontaneousBacterial Peritonitis""; ""Prophylaxis of SpontaneousBacterial Peritonitis""; ""Cirrhotic Patients with Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage""; ""Patients with Low Ascitic Fluid Protein Concentration and NoPrior History of SBP""; ""Patients with a Previous History of SBP""; ""References""; ""CHAPTER 4. Ethnic Disparities in LiverDiseases""; ""Abstract""; ""Viral Hepatitis: HBV and HCV""; ""Conclusion""

""References""""CHAPTER 5. Alteration of Adhesion Molecules Expression and Cellular Polarityin Liver Diseases""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Expression of Adhesion Moleculesin the Normal Liver""; ""2. Expression of Adhesion Molecules inCirrhotic Liver and Liver Cell Adenomas""; ""3. Expression of Adhesion Molecules in HCCs""; ""4. Alteration of Cellular Polarity in Hccs""; ""5. Pathophysiological Roles of Alteration of Adhesion Molecules Expression and Cellular Polarity""; ""6. Mechanisms of Alteration of Adhesion Molecules Expression in HCCs""

""7. Some Adhesion Moleculescould be used for the Diagnostic approach of HCC""

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61942-084-8

OCLC:

828140626