Achilles A. Demetriou


Frederick D. Watanabe

About this Book

In this book, members of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Liver Support Unit (LSU) present the most current understanding of the pathophysiology of liver failure and how its various forms and manifestations are classified, and summarize the state of the art in the diagnosis and management of the disease.

Table of Contents

The Liver: A Brief Historical Perspective
Elaine Kahaku

Acute Liver Failure: Definitions and Etiology
Donna E. Goldman, Graham M. Woolf

Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy: Pathophysiology and Diagnosis
Steven D. Colquohoun, Carolone A. Connelly

Acute Hepatic Encephalopathy: Treatment
Olivier Detry, Jody E. Margulies, Nicholas Arkadopoulos, Achilles A. Demetriou

Medical Management of Acute Liver Failure
Frederick D. Watanabe, Elaine Kahaku, Achilles A. Demetriou

Surgical Management of Acute Liver Failure
Walik S. Arnaout, David Reybould

Liver Support System Development
Jacek Rozga, Kyung S. Suh, Helene Lilja, Walid S. Arnaout, Achilles A. Demetriou

Clinical Experience with a Bioartificial Liver
Frederick D. Watanabe, Elaine Lahakur, Theodore Khalili, Paul Ting, Anthony Navarro, Achilles A. Demetriou

Clinical Use of a Bioartificial Liver to Treat Acetaminophen-Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Olivier Detry, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Elaine Kahaku, Frederick D. Watanabe, Jacek Rozga, Achilles A. Demetriou

Development of a Strategy for Management of Severe Acute Liver Failure: The Liver Support Unit
Achilles A. Demetriou, Frederick D. Watanabe

Other Experimental Therapeutic Strategies: Liver Gene Therapy
Jacek Rozga, Helen Lilja, Walid Arnaout, Achilles A. Demetriou

Other Experimental Therapeutic Strategies: Hepatocyte Transplantation
Helene Lilja, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos, Susumu Eguchi, Raoul J. Rosenthal, David A. Moscioni, Achilles A. Demetriou, Jacek Rozga