Complications of Cirrhosis, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease

In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Guest Editors Drs. Andres Cardenas and Thomas Reiberger have created an up-to-date monograph on the complications of cirrhosis. They have secured top experts to contribute clinical review articles on the following topics: Non-invasive Detection of CSPH in cACLD; Prevention of First Decompensation in ACLD; Treatment of Acute Variceal Bleeding in 2020: When to Use TIPS; Prevention of Variceal Bleeding and Rebleeding by NSBB: A Tailored Approach; The Role of Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient (HVPG); Measurement in the Management of Cirrhosis; Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis as a Cause or Consequence of Decompensation; Nutrition in Chronic Liver Disease; Diagnosis and Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy; Discriminating Acute Decompensation from Acute-on-Chronic Liver; Management of Severe and Refractory Ascites; Monitoring Renal Function and Therapy of HRS patients with Cirrhosis; Coagulopathy in Cirrhosis; and Current Concepts of Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy. Hepatologists will come away with the information they need to manage these patients.

Product details

• Assisted by: Andres Cardenas (Editor), Andres (Hospital Clinic of Barcelona Cardenas (Editor), Cardenas Andres (Editor), Thomas Reiberger (Editor), Thomas (Medical University of Vienna Reiberger (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Science
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780323793872
• ISBN: 978-0-323-79387-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 229 mm
• Weight: 520 g
• Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Gastroenterology, Hepatology, cirrhosis; variceal bleeding; ascites;