title: Acute liver failure. Experience in a special unit.
abstract: Acute liver failure involves disturbances of all major organ systems. The pathophysiology of these disturbances are reviewed and details of management for each system is discussed in clinical work in a special Liver Failure Unit is used to derive principles of treatment, and the use of extracorporeal charcoal haemoperfusion is outlined.
mesh_terms: D000137:Acid-Base Imbalance / Q000628:therapy; D002606:Charcoal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000628:therapy; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D010477:Perfusion; D010564:Personnel, Hospital
chemical_list: D002606:Charcoal