Overview
Comprehensively summarizes the progress of all three types artificial liver
Provide a temporary support of liver function in hepatic failure
Demonstrate through much clinical cases compiled with extensive figures
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About this book
This book introduces the clinical application of artificial liver system (ALS) in hepatic failure. It has been widely used in clinics aiming to provide temporary support of liver function while maintaining extra-hepatic function in patients with liver failure.
This work comprehensively summarizes the progress of livers and artificial liver, for example, the principle and implementation of Li-ALS, cell transplantation and the combined application of artificial liver and liver transplantation. It will be helpful for clinicians to implement artificial liver treatment to save the lives of patients with hepatic failure.
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Editor Lanjuan Li is a professor at The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, and the director of State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases. She is also an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Artificial Liver
Editors: Lanjuan Li
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5984-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and Zhejiang University Press 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5983-9Published: 25 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5986-0Published: 25 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5984-6Published: 24 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 569
Topics: Hepatology, Infectious Diseases, Transplant Surgery