title: When should a decision to proceed with transplantation actually be made in cases of fulminant or subfulminant hepatic failure: at admission to hospital or when a donor organ is made available?
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Van Thiel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000601:surgery*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011379:Prognosis; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*