Overview
Summarizes the understanding of hepatic regulation of systemic host defence relevant to multiple systems organ failure, providing a comprehensive overview of the role of the liver in this challenging multidisciplinary problem.
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Author: George M. Matuschak
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint: CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.726kg
ISBN: 9780824790592
ISBN 10: 0824790596
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 09 July 1993
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock 
Table of Contents
Hepatic Regulation of Systemic Host Defense and Its Derangement in Multiple Systems Organ Dysfunction and Failure, George M. Matuschak and Andrew J. Lechner Gut-Liver Axis in Multiple Systems Organ Failure: Role of Bacterial Translocation and Endotoxemia, Edwin A. Deitch Kupffer Cell Immune Receptor Modulation of Susceptibility to Endotoxemia and Bacterial Infection, Daniel J. Loegering Opsonic Fibronectin and Hepatic Host Defense: Tissue Injury and Organ Failure, Thomas M. Saba, John E. Kaplan, and Frank A. Blumenstock Gut-Liver Axis in Multiple Systems Organ Failure: Kupffer Cell Modulation of Systemic Immune Responses, John C. Marshall, Kathleen Bryden, and John Murdoch The Liver in Leukotriene Action, Metabolism, and Production: Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Conditions, Wolfgang Hagmann Liver Dysoxia and Its Detection, Robert Schlichtig and Timothy Gayowski Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Endogenous Endotoxemia, and Multiple Systems Organ Failure, A. K. John Goka, J. A. Wendon, and Roger Williams Cytokines and the Hepatic Acute-Phase Response, David H. Perlmutter Hepatic Acute-Phase Protein Responses in Human Critical Illness: Altered Metabolic Control and the Septic Reprioritization of Acute-Phase Reactants, John H. Siegel Cytokine Interactions with Alpha2-Macroglobulin, Gordon K. Wollenberg, Jonathan LaMarre, and M. Anthony Hayes Hepatic Drug Metabolism in Critical Illness, Steven Schenker, Thomas E. Whigham, and Norman L. Herman Hemostatic Abnormalties with Acute Hepatocellular Injury, J. Heinrich Joist Multiple Systems Organ Failure Occurring in Individuals with Severe Liver Impairment: Impact of Liver Transplantation and Retransplantation, Mahmoud F. Sakr and David H. Van Thiel
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. . .well written. . ..a clear presentation of a very complex topic from many different perspectives. ---Hepatology
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