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    • Black and White Thinking

    Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

    As I was writing about liver failure a couple days ago, it crossed my mind that I was oversimplifying the issue. Kind of like this:
    liver failure = death
    liver transplant = life.
    I don?t really think that way. I?ve definitely seen a spectrum when it comes to liver failure. It?s just that there is a certain […]

    Liver Head

    Monday, July 18th, 2005

    Since coming off orientation I seem to be caring for a disproportionate amount of liver failure patients. At first I saw this as a bad thing, but now I’ve come to think of it as an opportunity to learn all I can about hepatic encephalopathy. Which isn’t much.
    This is what normally happens: You body digests […]