Haemostatic Failure in Liver Disease [Paperback]

Coagulation factor synthesis by the liver, with special reference to factor VIII and factor V.- Oral anticoagulants: unexpected side-effects or new fields of application?.- Protein C, an inhibitor of blood coagulation, in liver disease and other clinical conditions.- Intravascular coagulation in liver disease.- Abnormalities of fibrin formation in severe hepatic diseases.- Platelet involvement in the haemostatic failure of liver disease.- The significance of several coagulation tests in the evaluation of the risk of bleeding.- Clinical manifestations of the haemostatic failure in acute and chronic liver disease.- Coagulation defects following peritoneovenous shunts.- Bleeding during orthotopic liver transplantation in man.- Main problems in the treatment of bleeding in cirrhosis patients.- Treatment of bleeding by methods not directly related to haemostasis.- Strategies for rational haemotherapy.- AT-III concentrate treatment: current experience.Springer Book Archives