EASL Clinical Practical Guidelines on the management of acute (fulminant) liver failure

J Wendon, J Cordoba, A Dhawan, FS Larsen… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The term acute liver failure (ALF) is frequently applied as a generic expression to describe
patients presenting with or developing an acute episode of liver dysfunction. In the context of …

[HTML][HTML] Future directions in acute liver failure

RT Stravitz, RJ Fontana, C Karvellas, V Durkalski… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Acute liver failure (ALF) describes a clinical syndrome of rapid hepatocyte injury leading to
liver failure manifested by coagulopathy and encephalopathy in the absence of pre-existing …

[HTML][HTML] Current concepts in acute liver failure

M Rovegno, M Vera, A Ruiz, C Benítez - Annals of hepatology, 2019 - Elsevier
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe condition secondary to a myriad of causes associated
with poor outcomes. The prompt diagnosis and identification of the aetiology allow the …

Acute liver failure: current management and future prospects

R Jalan - Journal of hepatology, 2005 - journal-of-hepatology.eu
Although the development of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) and the associated increase in
intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients with acute liver injury is the key event that defines their …

Acute liver failure guidelines

A Shingina, N Mukhtar, J Wakim-Fleming… - Official journal of the …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare, acute, potentially reversible condition resulting in severe
liver impairment and rapid clinical deterioration in patients without preexisting liver disease …

Systematic review: acute liver failure–one disease, more than 40 definitions

KA Wlodzimirow, S Eslami… - Alimentary …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background Acute liver failure (ALF) is a clinical syndrome with very high mortality estimates
ranging between 60% and 80%. Aim To investigate the explicitness and extent of variability …

Acute liver failure

WM Lee - Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine, 2012 - thieme-connect.com
Acute liver failure (ALF)(sometimes referred to as fulminant hepatic failure) is a clinical
syndrome from a variety of causes resulting from rapid loss in hepatocyte function, typically …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the management of acute liver failure

DW Wang, YM Yin, YM Yao - World journal of gastroenterology …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Acute liver failure (ALF) is an uncommon but dramatic clinical syndrome characterized by
hepatic encephalopathy and a bleeding tendency due to abrupt loss of liver function caused …

[HTML][HTML] Acute liver failure: a life-threatening disease

A Canbay, F Tacke, J Hadem, C Trautwein… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background An estimated 200 to 500 patients develop life-threatening acute liver failure
(ALF) in Germany each year. Only sparse data are currently available on the epidemiology …

[PDF][PDF] AASLD position paper: the management of acute liver failure

J Polson, WM Lee - Hepatology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare condition in which rapid deterioration of liver function
results in altered mentation and coagulopathy in previously normal individuals. US …