The liver is the largest internal organ and is the body's metabolic headquarters (Table 45-1: Hepatic Function in Health and Fig. 45-1: Basic structure of a liver lobule showing the cellular plates, the blood vessels, the bile-collecting system and the lymph flow system composed of the spaces of Disse, and the interlobular lymphatics) (Steadman RH, Braunfeld MY. The liver: surgery and anesthesia. In: Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK, Cahalan MK, Ortega R, Stock MC, eds.Clinical Anesthesia. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013:1294–1325).
- Assessment of Hepatic Function
- Hepatobiliary Imaging
- Liver Biopsy
- Hepatic and Hepatobiliary Diseases
- Acute Liver Failure
- Acute Hepatitis
- Alcoholic Hepatitis
- Drug-Induced Liver Injury
- Pregnancy-Related Liver Diseases
- Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
- Hemostasis
- Cardiac Manifestations
- Renal Dysfunction
- Pulmonary Complications
- Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE)
- Ascites
- Varices
- Chronic Cholestatic Disease
- Chronic Hepatocellular Disease
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)
- Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Preoperative Management
- Intraoperative Management
- Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Procedure
- Hepatic Resection
- Postoperative Liver Dysfunction