AASLD position paper: The management of acute liver failure

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1179-1197

  Polson, Julie ^a   Lee, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED CARBON; ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DAPSONE; DICLOFENAC; DIDANOSINE; DISULFIRAM; EFAVIRENZ; HALOTHANE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ISOFLURANE; ISONIAZID; LISINOPRIL; MANNITOL; METFORMIN; OFLOXACIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PYRAZINAMIDE; SILIBININ; SILYMARIN; SULFONAMIDE; TROGLITAZONE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN EDEMA; BRONCHOSPASM; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SAFETY; FATTY LIVER; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MUSHROOM POISONING; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REVIEW; SEIZURE; STOMACH LAVAGE; URTICARIA; WILSON DISEASE;

HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 17844365270     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20703     Document Type: Review

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