title: Desperate appliances: a short review of therapies for fulminant hepatic failure.
abstract: In this work, we review the current status of accepted and experimental therapies for fulminant hepatic failure, we attempt to estimate chances of success and outline a protocol by which such therapies tested.
authors.affiliation: Omaha VA Medical Center, University of Nebraska 68105.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Schafer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D010477:Perfusion; D011379:Prognosis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous