Acute liver failure / 
edited by William M. Lee, Roger Williams ; foreword by Jean-Pierre Benhamou and Jacques Bernuau. 
 - Cambridge ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  1997. 
 - xix, 305 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  27 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Classification and clinical syndromes of acute liver failure / Roger Williams -- 2. Viral hepatitis and acute liver failure / Dwain L. Thiele -- 3. Drug hepatoxicity as a cause of acute liver failure / Gloria Sze and Neil Kaplowitz -- 4. Acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure / Alistair J. Makin and Roger Williams -- 5. Unusual causes of acute liver failure / Mark D. Uhl and Caroline A. Riely -- 6. Pediatric aspects of acute liver failure / Ian D. D'Agata and William F. Balistreri -- 7. Role of cytokines and immune mechanisms in acute liver failure / Kevork M. Peltekian and Gary A. Levy -- 8. Pathology of acute liver failure / Bernard Portmann and Romil Saxena -- 9. Hepatocyte replication and liver regeneration / Nelson Fausto -- 10. Medical management of acute liver failure / William M. Lee -- 11. Circulatory derangements, monitoring, and management: heart, kidney, and brain / Julia A. Wendon and Antony J. Ellis -- 12. Brain edema and intracranial hypertension in acute liver failure / Andres T. Blei -- 13. Management of infection in acute liver failure / Nancy Rolando, John Philpott Howard and Roger Williams -- 14. Prognosis and consideration of transplantation / John Devlin and Roger Williams -- 15. Liver transplantation in patients with acute liver failure: the European experience / Didier Samuel and Henri Bismuth -- 16. Transplantation for acute liver failure: the American experience / Byers W. Shaw, Jr. -- 17. Auxiliary liver transplantation / Karim Boudjema, Marie-Pierre Chenard-Neu and Daniel Jaeck -- 18. Extracorporeal liver support: historical background and critical analysis / Evren Atillasoy and Paul D. Berk -- 19. Hepatocyte culture and bioreactor design for liver support systems / Jorg C. Gerlach -- 20. Clinical experience with an extracorporeal liver assist device / Antony J. Ellis, Norman L. Sussman and James H. Kelly et al -- 21. Treatment of acute liver failure by high volume plasmapheresis / Niels Tygstrup, Fin Stolze Larsen and Bent Adel Hansen -- 22. Dialysis/adsorption techniques for acute liver failure / Robin D. Hughes and James M. Courtney -- 23. Hepatocyte transplantation in liver failure and inherited metabolic disorders / Ira J. Fox, Namita Roy Chowdhury and Jayanta Roy Chowdhury. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521553814 9780521553810 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96016709  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB9719417  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>9604977  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Liver--Failure.<br/>Liver Failure, Acute.<br/>Liver--Failure.<br/>Leberversagen<br/>Aufsatzsammlung
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC848  / .F27 A28 1997 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.3/62 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>1997 E-738 WI 700  / A1895 1997