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Title Intestinal failure : diagnosis, management and transplantation / edited by Alan N. Langnas [and others]
Published Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., [2008]
©2008
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Contents Part 1: Introduction. The history of intestinal failure and transplantation -- Part 2: Intestinal physiology and immunology. Intestinal morphology, intestinal regeneration and the promise of tissue engineering -- Basic physiology of motility, absorption and secretion -- Immunology of the small intestine -- Intestinal adaptation: the biology of the intestinal response to resection and disease -- Part 3: Intestinal failure: definition and pathophysiology. Intestinal failure: definitions and classifications -- Causes of intestinal failure in the newborn -- Congenital enteropathies causing permanent intestinal failure -- Causes of intestinal failure in the adult -- Intestinal failure related to bariatric surgery -- Inflammatory bowel disease and the short bowel syndrome -- Motility disorders -- Part 4: Assessment and general management of intestinal failure. Assessment of intestinal failure patients -- Guidelines for home parenteral nutrition
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from resource home page (R2 Digital Library, viewed July 6, 2017)
Subject Intestines -- Diseases.
Intestinal Diseases -- drug therapy.
Intestinal Diseases -- surgery.
Intestines -- physiopathology.
Intestines -- transplantation.
Form Electronic book
Author Langnas, Alan N.
ISBN 1405195797 (electronic bk.)
1405195800
9781405195799 (electronic bk.)
9781405195805