A guide to managing acute liver failure.
Nearly 2,000 cases of acute liver failure occur each year in the United States. This disease carries a high mortality rate, and early recognition and transfer to a tertiary medical care center with transplant facilities is critical. This article reviews the definition, epidemiology, etiology, and management of acute liver failure.
Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Tavankit
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Singh
Department of Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Nancy
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Gupta
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Naim
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Alkhouri
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.|Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
William D
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Carey
Minnesota Gastroenterology, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, USA. E-mail: ibrahimhanouneh@gmail.com.
Ibrahim A
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Hanouneh
D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D063128:Tertiary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States