Recent advances in management of acute liver failure

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-33

  Panackel, Charles ^a   Thomas, Rony ^a   Sebastian, Benoy ^a   Mathai, Sunil K ^a  

^a Medical Trust Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; fulminant liver failure; hepatocyte transplantation liver assist devices; liver transplantation; molecular adsorbents recirculation system

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BILIRUBIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS E; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOXIC HEPATITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; WILSON DISEASE; YELLOW FEVER;

EID: 84925599464     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.148636     Document Type: Review

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