Acute liver failure: Diagnosis and therapy;Akutes Leberversagen: Übersicht zur aktuellen Diagnostik und Therapie

Medizinische Klinik - Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 639-645

  Streetz, K L ^a   Tacke, F ^a   Koch, A ^a   Trautwein, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Hepatic encephalopathy; Multiple organ failure; Organ dysfunction scores; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; PARACETAMOL; NUCLEOSIDE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ARTICLE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PROGNOSIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84891343846     PISSN: 21936218     EISSN: 21936226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-013-0285-4     Document Type: Article

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