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Hepatorenal Syndrome Learning Center

Treatment aims to improve liver function and ensure that there is enough blood in the body and the heart is pumping adequately.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 20, 2008
Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, the treatment removes waste products and excess fl...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Dialysis is a method of removing toxic substances (impurities or wastes) from the blood when the kidneys are unable to remove these substances.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 27, 2009
Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys , which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, dialysis removes waste products and excess fluids...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Dialysis treatment replaces the function of the kidneys, which normally serve as the body's natural filtration system. Through the use of a blood filter and a chemical solution known as dialysate, the treatment removes waste products and excess fl...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Dialysis technology is a highly specialized field of nephrology (care of the kidneys ). In clinical practice settings dialysis technologists provide dialysis treatment under the supervision of a physician or registered nurse . The dialysis technol...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replaces it with a healthy donor liver.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Liver transplant is surgery to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 27, 2008
Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy donor liver.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a procedure to create new connections between two blood vessels in your liver. You may need this procedure if you have very bad liver problems.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 30, 2009
A peritoneovenous shunt refers to the surgical insertion of a shunting tube to achieve the continuous emptying of ascitic fluid into the venous system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
A peritoneovenous shunt (PVS) is a device that is inserted surgically into the body to create a passage between the peritoneum (abdominal cavity) and the jugular vein to treat refractory cases of peritoneal ascites . Ascites is a condition in whic...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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