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For most Western audiences, Cuba is a touristic paradise stuck in
time and virtually detached from world technology networks by the
US embargo - anything but a hub of industrial innovation and high
value-added biotechnology. However, a closer look reveals more
subtle but equally powerful stories that challenge the homogenizing
assumptions of conventional economics and open up scope for more
sophisticated reflections on Cuban economy and industry. From this
kind of enquiry emerges the case of the internationally respected
Cuban biotech industry as the most successful case of science and
technology policy in the country's economic history. The book takes
an interdisciplinary approach, exploring issues such as
interdependency, purpose and history as natural constituencies of
the innovation process. It also examines the dynamic and crucial
role played by the state in the formation of innovative business
enterprises. This book will be of interest to academic researchers
in the fields of innovation and economic development.
For most Western audiences, Cuba is a touristic paradise stuck in
time and virtually detached from world technology networks by the
US embargo - anything but a hub of industrial innovation and high
value-added biotechnology. However, a closer look reveals more
subtle but equally powerful stories that challenge the homogenizing
assumptions of conventional economics and open up scope for more
sophisticated reflections on Cuban economy and industry. From this
kind of enquiry emerges the case of the internationally respected
Cuban biotech industry as the most successful case of science and
technology policy in the country's economic history. The book takes
an interdisciplinary approach, exploring issues such as
interdependency, purpose and history as natural constituencies of
the innovation process. It also examines the dynamic and crucial
role played by the state in the formation of innovative business
enterprises. This book will be of interest to academic researchers
in the fields of innovation and economic development.
In collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Norman Gitlin, Guest
Editors Drs. Andres Cardenas and Thomas Reiberger have created an
up-to-date monograph on the complications of cirrhosis. They have
secured top experts to contribute clinical review articles on the
following topics: Non-invasive Detection of CSPH in cACLD;
Prevention of First Decompensation in ACLD; Treatment of Acute
Variceal Bleeding in 2020: When to Use TIPS; Prevention of Variceal
Bleeding and Rebleeding by NSBB: A Tailored Approach; The Role of
Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient (HVPG); Measurement in the
Management of Cirrhosis; Bacterial Infections in Cirrhosis as a
Cause or Consequence of Decompensation; Nutrition in Chronic Liver
Disease; Diagnosis and Management of Hepatic Encephalopathy;
Discriminating Acute Decompensation from Acute-on-Chronic Liver;
Management of Severe and Refractory Ascites; Monitoring Renal
Function and Therapy of HRS patients with Cirrhosis; Coagulopathy
in Cirrhosis; and Current Concepts of Cirrhotic Cardiomyopathy.
Hepatologists will come away with the information they need to
manage these patients.
The field of hepatobiliary diseases has advanced enormously in the
past 3 decades. The incorporation of new diagnostic and therapeutic
interventions in clinical hepatology as well as liver
transplantation has exponentially grown and specialty fields have
emerged within the liver disease arena. Interventional procedures
play a critical role in the management of patients with
hepatobiliary diseases as they offer diagnostic and definite
treatment options for an array of conditions. Interventions include
those that directly measure portal pressure, perform transjugular
liver biopsy and place transjugular intrahepatic portsosystemic
shunts as therapy for complications of portal hypertension. Other
commonly performed intervention is digestive and hepatobiliary
endoscopy which offers not only diagnostic but also therapeutic
choices in various areas such as portal hypertension and
hepatobiliary disease. Endoscopy plays a fundamental role in the
management of patients with almost all types of liver disease.
Additionally, both the fields of hepatology and endoscopy have
become very specialized and thus a thorough knowledge of the
indications, findings, therapeutic possibilities and complications
that arise from endoscopic interventions is a must for the
practicing clinician. The rising incidence of liver cancer has also
placed radiofrequency ablation and chemoembolization of liver
lesions at the forefront of interventional therapies for
hepatocellular carcinoma. Finally the management of acute liver
failure has certainly evolved with new therapeutic options such as
liver assist devices that can help manage these patients in the
intensive care unit. This issue of Clinics in Liver Disease devoted
to Interventional Hepatology is a timely and unique one. The Guest
Editors have assembled an outstanding group of experts in several
fields that can provide practitioners with state of the art and
evidence based articles that help manage patients with
hepatobiliary disease.
Gastrointestinal endoscopy plays an essential role in the
management of patients with liver disease. This issue reviews the
standard of care in the endoscopic management of portal
hypertension and biliary disease before and after liver
transplantation. A thorough knowledge of the available endoscopic
diagnostic and therapeutic methods is essential for the practicing
hepatologist. Emphasis is placed on recent advances in imaging
techniques such as the application of capsule endoscopy and
endoscopic ultrasound in the evaluation of portal hypertension and
recent advances in cholangioscopy and biliary tissue sampling.
Additionally new information regarding the endoscopic management of
esophageal and gastric varices is reviewed. Finally, the current
role of ERCP in the diagnosis and staging of cholangiocarcinoma
before liver transplantation and the endoscopic management of
biliary complications after liver transplantation is discussed.
This volume presents a concise yet comprehensive overview on all
facets concerning the complications of cirrhosis. Structured in
three sections, the book reviews the natural history of cirrhosis,
the diagnostic and predictive tools available to assess the
disease, complications, and treatment options such as liver assist
devices and transplantation. Topical concerns in the management of
patients with cirrhosis are also addressed, including issues
pertaining to the delivery of quality care in this patient
population. Written by experts in their fields, Complications of
Cirrhosis: Evaluation and Management serves as a valuable resource
for practitioners and physicians-in-training on the subject of
cirrhosis.
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