Med Surg

involuntary flapping movements of the hands associated with metabolic liver dysfunction

use of balloons placed within the esophagus and proximal portion of the stomach and inflated to compress bleeding vessels (esophageal and gastric varices)

hepatic vein thrombosis resulting in non-cirrhotic portal hypertension

a chronic liver disease characterizedby fibrotic changes and the formation of dense connective tissue within the liver, subsequent degenerative changes, and loss of functioning cells

inability to draw figuresin two or three dimensions

sweet, slightly fecal odor to the breath, presumed to be of intestinal origin; prevalent with the extensive collateral portal circulation in chronic liver disease

sudden, severe onset of acute liver failure that occurs within 8 weeks after the first symptoms of jaundice

CNS dysfunction resulting from liver disease; frequently associated with elevated ammonia levela that produce changes in mental status, altered level of conciousness and coma

grafting of a donor liver to normal anatomic location, with removal of the disease native liver

elevated pressure in the portal circulation resulting from obstruction of venous flow into and through the liver

the injection of substances into or around esophagogastric varies to cause constriction, thickening, and hardening of the vessel and thus to stop bleeding

procedure that involves the endoscopic placement of a rubber band-like device over esophageal varices to ligate the area and stop bleeding

transplantation of organ from one species to another