title: The liver. Part 5: acute liver failure.
abstract: Clinical complexity presents health professionals with a significant challenge if a patient with ALF is to survive. While efforts to develop pharmacological therapies and biomechanical techniques serve as a bridge to spontaneous recovery, liver transplantation is the most successful treatment for most cases.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Liver Centre, King's College Hospital, London.
authors.forename: Helen L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Rachel M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*