This text provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of the diagnosis and management of the critically ill cirrhotic patient. The book reviews recent data about risk factors for acute on chronic liver failure (including infection, renal dysfunction and acute alcoholic hepatitis), profiles the latest treatment strategies for the management of variceal bleeding, ascites, hepatocellular carcinoma and presents current and novel therapies for acute hepatic encephalopathy, and anticoagulation in liver disease. The volume also focuses on the changing etiology of liver disease, with an emphasis on obesity and frailty/sarcopenia, and advances in surgical techniques, including living donor liver transplants and gender disparities in liver transplantation. Palliative care for the critically ill liver patient is also discussed in the book.
Written by experts in the field, The Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patient: Evaluation and Management is a valuable resource for clinicians, practitioners, health care providers, and researchers who encounter patients with chronic liver disease, including end-stage liver cirrhosis.

Epidemiology and Natural History of Chronic Liver Disease

Management of Ascites
Portosystemic Shunt Embolization in Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy
Gastroesophageal Variceal Bleeding Management
Renal Dysfunction in Patients with Cirrhosis
Intensive Care Management of Patients with Cirrhosis
Infections in Critically Ill Cirrhosis Patients
Obesity and the Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patient
Frailty and Sarcopenia in the Critically Ill Patient with Cirrhosis
Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis
Acute on Chronic Liver Failure
Anticoagulation in the Hospitalized Patient with Decompensated Cirrhosis: Management of a Delicate Balance
The Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Liver Transplantation
Gender Disparities in Liver Transplantation
The Role of Palliative Care in Cirrhosis.