Advances in the management of acute liver failure

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 7069-7077

  Wang, Da Wei ^a   Yin, Yi Mei ^a   Yao, Yong Ming ^b  

^a WEIHAI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Cerebral edema; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMIODARONE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ATORVASTATIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETOPOSIDE; HALOTHANE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; LAMOTRIGINE; METFORMIN; METHOTREXATE; N ACETYL 1, 4 BENZOQUINONE IMINE; NITROFURANTOIN; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PROPOFOL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SILIBININ; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZAFIRLUKAST; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; MANNITOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CANCER INFILTRATION; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; CEREBRAL EDEMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887558823     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i41.7069     Document Type: Review

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