Diseases of the liver and biliary system /
Sheila Sherlock
- [s.l.] Blackwell scientific 1963
- 0 p.
Libro donado por Carlos Mario López
ANATOMY OF THE LIVER. Anatomy. Anatomical abnormalities. Surface marking. BIOCHEMISTRY OF LIVER DISEASE. Serum bikirubin estimations. Faecal estimations. Urinary estimations. NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE LIVER. Selection and preparation of the patient. Technique of puncture. Risksand complications. THE HAEMATOLOGY OF LIVER DISEASE. Erythrocyte changes. Folic acid metabolism. HEPATO-CELLULAR FAILURE. General failure of health. Jaundice. Fever and septicemia. HEPATIC PRE-COMA END COMA. Clinical features. Neuropath logical changes. Mechanisms. ACUTE (fulminant) HPATIC FAILURE. Causes. Prognosis and causes of death. Clinical picture. Electroencephalogram. ASCITES. Mechanisms. Summary. Clinical features. THE PORTAL VENOUS SYSTEM AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION. Portal system. Collateral circulation. Pathology of portal hypertension. Clinical features of portal hypertension. THE HEPATIC ARTERY AND HEPATIC VEIN. The hepatic artery occlusion. Aneurism of the hepatic artery. JAUNDICE. Bilirubin metabolism. Serum biochemical tests. Hematology. CHOLESTASIS. Anatomy of the biliary system. The secretion of bile. The syndrome of cholestasis. VIRUS HEPATITIS. Epidemiology. Virus a particles. Experimental transmission. DRUGS AND THE LIVER. Drugs metabolism. Enzyme induction. Untoward hepatic drug reactions. NUTRITIONAL LIVER DISEASE. Clinical nutritional liver injury. Kwashiorkor syndrome. Aflatoxin and other my toxins. CHRONIC HEPATITIS. Definitions. Chronic persistent hepatitis. Etiology. HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS. Definition. Classification. Morphological. ALCOHOL AND THE LIVER. Pathology. Metabolism of alcohol. Pathogenesis. THE IRON STORAGE DISEASE. Normal iron metabolism. Pathology. Etiology and pathogenesis. HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION. Etiology. Pathology. Clinical picture. THE LIVER IN CIRCULATORY FAILURE. Clinical features. Cardiac cirrhosis. The liver in constrictive percarditis. THE LIVER IN METABOLIC DISORDERS. Carbohydrate changes in liver disease. Insulin and the liver. Hepatic glycogen. THE LIVER IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD. Liver functions tests in infancy. Neonatal jaundice. THE LIVER IN PREGNANCY. Liver function. Jaundicing pregnancy. Acute fatty liver. HAEMOLYTIC JAUNDICE. Pathological changes. Hemolytic anemias. THE LIVER AND DISEASE OF THE RETICULO-ENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM. Primary reticulosis. Leukemia. Hodgkin`s disease. THE LIVER IN INFECTIONS. Phylogenic liver abscess. Hepatic amoebiasis. Tuberculosis of the liver. HEPATO-BILIARY ASSOCIATIONS OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE. Billiard tract involvement. Pericgolangitis. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. HEPATIC TUMOURS. Pathology. Clinical features. Biochemical changes. THE ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND INVESTIGATION OF THE BILIAARY TRACT. Anatomy. Examination of the gall-bladder. Bile secretion. CONGENITAL ANOMALIES OF THE BILIARY TRACT. Absence of gall-bladder. Doble gall-bladder. Accessory bile ducts. GALL-STONES. Composition of gall-stones. Composition of bile-micelles. Phase diagram. BENING STRICTURE OF THE BILE DUCTS. Pathological changes. Clinical features. Investigation. EXTRINSIC PRESSURE ON THE BILE DUCTS. Carcioma in the region of the ampulla of vater. TUMOURS OF THE GALL-BLADDER AND BILE DUCTS. Bening tumour of the gall-bladder. Carcioma of the gall-bladder. Benign tumours of the extra-hepatic. HEPATIC TRANSPLANTATION. Transplantation. Selection of recipients. General preparation of the patient.