Liver disease and peritonitis [[electronic resource] ] : causes, treatment and prevention / / Mao Kang Voung and Jiang Shi Sung, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Biomedical/Nova Science Publishers, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.362
• Soggetto topico: Liver - Diseases; Peritonitis
• Altri autori: SungJiang Shi VoungMao Kang
• Note generali: Description based on print version record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Liver disease and peritonitis
• ISBN: 1-61942-084-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820928903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hepatology research and clinical developments series.