Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment - Hardcover

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Professor Vincente Arroyo, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Dr Pere Gines, Liver Unit, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Professor Juan Rodes, Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, Barcelona 08036, Spain.

Professor Robert W. Schrier, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA.

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With the four editors based in the leading clinic in the field, Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease, 2nd edition still represents the only comprehensive book available in the subject area. The book is not only aimed at clinical researchers interest in complications of cirrhosis but also for those clinicians, whether they be gastroenterologists, transplant hepatologists, nephrologists, or internists caring for patients with liver diseases.

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated

• More clinically orientated than the first edition
• Contents place a greater emphasis on therapy
• International author team
• Contains 8 new chapters, including:
• Physiology of the hepatic circulation
• The heart in cirrhosis
• TIPS for the management of refractory ascites in cirrhosis
• A practical approach to treatment of patients with cirrhosis and ascites
• Management of Hyponatremia in cirrhosis
• The aquaretic drugs

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With the four editors based in the leading clinic in the field, Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver Disease, 2nd edition still represents the only comprehensive book available in the subject area. The book is not only aimed at clinical researchers interest in complications of cirrhosis but also for those clinicians, whether they be gastroenterologists, transplant hepatologists, nephrologists, or internists caring for patients with liver diseases.

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated

• 
  
• More clinically orientated than the first edition
• 
  
• Contents place a greater emphasis on therapy
• 
  
• International author team
• 
  
• Contains 8 new chapters, including:
• 
  
• Physiology of the hepatic circulation
• 
  
• The heart in cirrhosis
• 
  
• TIPS for the management of refractory ascites in cirrhosis
• 
  
• A practical approach to treatment of patients with cirrhosis and ascites
• 
  
• Management of Hyponatremia in cirrhosis
• 
  
• The aquaretic drugs