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Anaesthesia for gastrointestinal surgery
Abstract: Patients with gastrointestinal disease will present with a range of nutritional, fluid and electrolyte disturbances. This article will discuss how to recognize these problems and try to mini...
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Rhys Davies,
Ingrid Wilkins
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Clinical aspects of hepatic disease
Abstract: Liver disease has a high prevalence. Patients with advanced liver disease have poor outcome after surgery. Prognostic scoring systems help to identify those at high risk. Chronic liver disea...
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Boon Hun Yong,
Karl K. Young
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Laboratory tests in hepatic failure
Abstract: Laboratory tests of liver function are among most commonly ordered blood tests. However, interpretation of parameters should be based not only on measuring the metabolic and synthetic functi...
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Frances Lui
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Anaesthesia and minimally invasive surgery
Abstract: Minimally invasive surgery is commonly performed because of various advantages such as reduced postoperative pain, faster recovery, and reduced postoperative pulmonary complications. However...
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Michael G. Irwin,
Stanley S.C. Wong
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48-51
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Functional anatomy and blood supply of the liver
Abstract: The liver is the second-largest organ in the human body. Traditionally, the anatomy of the liver has been described on the basis of its external appearance/gross anatomy. However, with the i...
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Vikramjit Mitra,
Jane Metcalf
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Metabolic functions of the liver
Abstract: The liver is one of the most important organs in the body and serves a variety of important functions including metabolic, vascular, immunological, secretory and excretory functions. It play...
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Vikramjit Mitra,
Jane Metcalf
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The mouth, stomach and intestines
Abstract: Food is divided into digestible portions in the mouth and swallowed – a complex reflex process involving several cranial nerves. The stomach homogenizes food, begins digestion and regulates ...
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Iain Campbell
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Gut motility and its control
Abstract: The gastrointestinal tract is composed of smooth muscle arranged in two layers: longitudinal and circular. Although its activity is influenced by the autonomic nervous system, it is mainly u...
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Iain Campbell
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Digestion and absorption
Abstract: Carbohydrates, mostly as starch, are digested by salivary and pancreatic amylases to di-, tri- and oligosaccharides, then to monosaccharides by saccharidases on the wall of the small intesti...
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Iain Campbell
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Central nervous system stimulants: basic pharmacology and relevance to anaesthesia and critical care
Abstract: Sympathomimetic agents are commonly encountered in anaesthetic and critical care settings. Some only act on autonomic nervous system reflexes, whilst others affect higher mental function – t...
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Nicholas Crutchley,
Simon P. Young
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Gastric disorders: modifications of gastric content, antacids and drugs influencing gastric secretions and motility
Abstract: Gastric disorders have clinical implications in both anaesthesia and critical care medicine. Aspiration of acidic gastric contents in the perioperative setting is linked to pneumonitis and l...
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Daniel H.R. O’Neil,
Anton Leonard
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Drugs and the liver
Abstract: The liver is a major organ with multiple functions. Many drugs are metabolized by the liver during phase 1 and 2 reactions which include complex processes involving cytochrome P450. Addition...
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Rakesh Vaja,
Rebecca Caroline Barker
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Henry G.W. Paw,
Vijayanand Nadella
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