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Liver Anatomy for Pediatric Intensivist

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Children have a larger liver in relation to their body weight as compared to adults. While the liver to body weight ratio in adults is around 2%, it is around 4% in infants. The segmental anatomy in children is very similar to that in adults.

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  1. Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai, India

    Mettu Srinivas Reddy

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  1. Department of Pediatric Liver, GI and Nutrition, Institute of Advanced Paediatrics, Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai, India

    Naresh Shanmugam

  2. Research and Innovation, Variety Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Liver, GI and Nutrition Center and Mowat Labs, King’s College Hospital, London, UK

    Anil Dhawan

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Reddy, M.S. (2019). Liver Anatomy for Pediatric Intensivist. In: Shanmugam, N., Dhawan, A. (eds) Pediatric Liver Intensive Care. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1304-2_1

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