Liver disease is a major source of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit (ICU). Cirrhotic patients admitted to the medical ICU have increased mortality (40 to 90%) and a poor prognosis (1). This article addresses specific management issues for conditions the intensivist is often called on to treat, including fulminant hepatic failure, complications of chronic liver disease such as ...

Activation of lipid peroxidation due to a disorder redox homeostasis in dogs with comorbidity babesiosis and dirofilariasis causes the involvement not only components hepatorenal system, but also cardiopulmonary system pathological process against background development intoxication hypoxic phenomena hepatocytes cardiomyocytes. As result conducted biochemical studies blood sick animals, it was ...