Chapter 51

After reading this chapter, the reader will be able to:

 Compare and contrast among the different types of hepatitis in regard to its

pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management.

 Evaluate the etiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and management of

patients with cirrhosis of the liver.

 Compare jaundice, portal hypertension, ascites, esophageal varices, nutritional

deficiencies, and hepatic coma with respect to dysfunction of the liver.

 Discuss the medical, surgical, and nursing management of patients with liver cancer.

 Recall the perioperative care of patients undergoing liver transplantation.

 Describe the pathophysiology, etiology, clinical manifestations, and management of

cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, and cancer of the biliary tract.

 Identify the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management for acute and

chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic tumors.