The liver. Part 5: acute liver failure.
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.
Day
Helen L
HL
Paediatric Liver Centre, King's College Hospital, London.
Taylor
Rachel M
RM
D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*