The article presents a practice profile of a staff nurse at Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust in Great Britain which she was able to manage complications associated with advanced liver cirrhosis. As a nurse, she works on an acute medical ward which specialises in gastroenterology and liver ...
Liver diseases and its treatments:Different types of liver diseases are hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, liver fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cirrhosis, choleostasis, acute liver failure, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcoholic liver disease. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Infec...
Failure of hepatic cells to function can result from hepatitis, cirrhosis, tumours, vascular obstruction, or poisoning. Symptoms may include weakness, low blood pressure, easy bruising and bleeding, tremor, and accumulation of fluid in the abdomen. Blood tests can reveal abnormal levels of bilirubin...
In chronic liver diseases, the destruction of blood vessel structure in the liver and abnormal vascular proliferation are the key points from fibrosis to cirrhosis20. Comprehensively understanding the abnormality and development of vascular microstructures in the process of chronic liver disease requires ...
Austin and C. Wright Pinson -- Primary sclerosing cholangitis / Robert Enns -- Cholangiocarcinoma / Markus Selzner and Pierre-Alain Clavien -- Primary biliary cirrhosis / Piotr Milkiewicz and Jenny Heathcote -- Intrahepatic cholestasis / Andrew Stolz and Neil Kaplowitz -- Biliary disease in ...
HemochromatosisHemochromatosisA disorder of iron metabolism characterized by a triad of hemosiderosis; liver cirrhosis; and diabetes mellitus. It is caused by massive iron deposits in parenchymal cells that may develop after a prolonged increase of iron absorption.Hereditary Hemochromatosis: a geneticautosoma...
The spleen is a secondary lymphoid organ which can influence the progression of multiple diseases, notably liver cirrhosis. In chronic liver diseases, splenomegaly and hypersplenism can manifest following the development of portal hypertension. These splenic abnormalities correlate with and have been postu...
The liver is an intraperitoneal parenchymal organ located in the upper abdominal cavity, where it is suspended by a series of peritoneal reflections which connect it to adjacent structures and organs. It has a complex vascular architecture, with one arte
(NK) cells, natural killer T cells, and adaptive immune cells, such as T and B cells.Disruption of the hepatic immune system can cause autoimmune hepatitis, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver cancer [15]. Although the positional relationships between the nerves and immune cells in the liver...
Abnormal lymphatic anatomy/physiology are increasingly demonstrated in the liver and elsewhere in Fontan patients. Previous work has demonstrated increased hepatic lymphangiogenesis, lymphatic drainage, and pressure in the presence of cirrhosis [23], [24]. Elevated lymphatic pressure is believed to be a...