Acute-on-chronic liver failure: Concept, natural history, and prognosis

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-169

  Olson, Jody C ^a   Kamath, Patrick S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

acute on chronic liver failure; cirrhosis; critical care

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONCEPT FORMATION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 79953116158     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e328344b42d     Document Type: Review

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