Liver Diseases. An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals

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1 Brochure More information from Liver Diseases. An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals Description: 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 liver, assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies, acute and chronic liver disease, pregnancy related liver disease, liver transplantation and infectious liver diseases. For each condition the epidemiology, complications and nursing management are provided, along with illustrative case studies and further reading. Liver Diseases is an invaluable tool for all nurses and health care professionals working with people with liver disease. SPECIAL FEATURES - The first UK book on care of the liver from a nursing and healthcare perspective - Written by a well-respected and renowned author in the field - Covers a wide spectrum of liver diseases, with relevant nursing management guidelines - With case studies, further reading and illustrations throughout Contents: List of contributors Foreword Acknowledgements 1 Anatomy and physiology 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

2 2 Assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies Patient history Signs of liver disease Laboratory tests Diagnostic studies Complications and considerations 3 Jaundice Classification of jaundice Bilirubin formation Bile functions Diseases of bilirubin metabolism Investigations Malabsorption Gallbladder disease Drug-induced jaundice Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy Additional considerations 4 Portal hypertension Causes Consequences Clinical features Investigations Management of variceal haemorrhage

3 5 Ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, hyponatraemia and hepatorenal failure Classification Pathogenesis of ascites formation Diagnosis Treatment Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis Hyponatraemia Hepatorenal syndrome 6 Hepatic encephalopathy Pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy Classification of hepatic encephalopathy Diagnosis and investigations Treatment and management of hepatic encephalopathy Hepatic encephalopathy in acute liver failure 7 Alcohol-related liver disease Incidence Metabolism of alcohol Pathophysiology Clinical features Alcoholic hepatitis Nursing considerations

4 Alcohol-withdrawal therapies and protocols 8 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Disease prevalence Risk factors Natural history of NAFLD Clinical features Diagnosis Pathogenesis Disease management 9 Viral hepatitis Hepatitis A virus Hepatitis E virus Hepatitis B virus Hepatitis D virus Hepatitis C virus Hepatitis and HIV co-infection 10 Autoimmune hepatitis Pathogenesis Clinical features Classification Diagnosis

5 Complications Variant syndrome Treatment Pregnancy and autoimmune hepatitis Liver transplantation 11 Primary biliary cirrhosis and primary sclerosing cholangitis Primary biliary cirrhosis Primary sclerosing cholangitis 12 Metabolic liver disease Wilson s disease Haemochromatosis Alpha-1-antitryspin deficiency Cystic fibrosis Porphyria 13 Acute liver failure Aetiology Presentation Transfer criteria Disease management Liver transplantation

6 14 Nutrition in liver disease Malnutrition and nutritional assessment Dietetic management of ascites Nutrition in hepatic encephalopathy Malabsorption and steatorrhoea Diabetes in liver disease Osteodystrophy Types of nutritional support in chronic liver disease Nutritional support in alcoholic liver disease Refeeding syndrome Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease Post-transplant nutrition 15 Drug-induced liver injury Mechanisms of hepatotoxicity Diagnosis of drug-induced liver injury Classification of drug injury Commonly used drugs that cause hepatotoxicity Herbal remedies for treatment in liver disease 16 Pregnancy-related liver disease Normal changes during pregnancy Liver diseases specific to pregnancy Pregnancy in pre-existing liver disease Pregnancy post liver transplantation

7 17 Hepatobiliary malignancies Primary liver cancer Bile duct cancer Secondary liver cancer Diagnosing hepatobiliary malignancy Treatment options Nursing management 18 Liver transplantation Indications for liver transplantation Pretransplant assessment Pretransplant education Consent Waiting list management Allocation of organs Liver transplant surgery Immunosuppressive therapy Graft rejection Discharge planning and patient information Quality of life following liver transplantation Long-term management in the liver recipient Index Ordering: Order Online - Order by Fax - using the form below Order by Post - print the order form below and send to

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