Acute liver failure: Early referral is the key

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 15-42

  Rossaro, Lorenzo ^a   Lee, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DOPAMINE; FAMOTIDINE; FENTANYL; FLUCONAZOLE; FOLIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HALOPERIDOL; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LACTULOSE; MAGNESIUM; MORPHINE; MULTIVITAMIN; NARCOTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEDATIVE AGENT; SILIBININ; SULTAMICILLIN; THIAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN EDEMA; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIRIUM; DEVICE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FATTY LIVER; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSHROOM POISONING; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SERUM OSMOLALITY; STRESS ULCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WILSON DISEASE;

EID: 4444287114     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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