Liver Diseases: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals

Liver disease is a rapidly growing speciality, and nurses andhealth care professionals need to have the relevant knowledge andskills to care for patients with liver problems in a safe andeffective way. Liver Diseases is a comprehensive, evidence-based, practical guide to the nursing care and managementof patients with liver disease.

Liver Diseases explores a range of liver conditions, including cirrhosis, portal hypertension, alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson's disease andacute liver failure. It looks at the anatomy & physiologyof the liver, assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies, acute and chronic liver disease, pregnancy related liver disease, liver transplantation and infectious liver diseases. For eachcondition the epidemiology, complications and nursing managementare provided, along with illustrative case studies and furtherreading. Liver Diseases is an invaluable tool for allnurses and health care professionals working with people with liverdisease.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• The first UK book on care of the liver from a nursing andhealthcare perspective
• Written by a well-respected and renowned author in thefield
• Covers a wide spectrum of liver diseases, with relevantnursing management guidelines
• With case studies, further reading and illustrationsthroughout