title: Liver transplantation for acute liver failure.
abstract: Liver transplantation is now an integral part of the management of acute liver failure. The challenge for clinicians is to select the appropriate candidates with a combination of need and high likelihood of benefiting from the transplant. This is achieved through a combination of prognostic modelling and ongoing clinical evaluation. Although the outcomes after liver transplantation are good the survival rates do not quite match those achieved after elective transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, UK. john.o’grady@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Grady
mesh_terms: D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D018579:Patient Selection; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome