Acute liver failure: Current management and future prospects

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 42, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Jalan, Rajiv ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; INDOMETACIN; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; NORADRENALIN; ORNITHINE ASPARTATE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TERLIPRESSIN; THIOPENTAL;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TOXICITY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMYELINATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHLOREMIC ACIDOSIS; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 14944347384     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.11.010     Document Type: Review

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