Objectives: To determine short-term outcome for children with acute liver failure (ALF) as it relates to cause, clinical status, and patient demographics and to determine prognostic factors. Study design: A prospective, multicenter case study collecting demographic, clinical, laboratory, and short-t
Acute liver failure in children: The first 348 patients in the pediatric acute liver failure study group
โ Scribed by Robert H. Squires Jr; Benjamin L. Shneider; John Bucuvalas; Estella Alonso; Ronald J. Sokol; Michael R. Narkewicz; Anil Dhawan; Philip Rosenthal; Norberto Rodriguez-Baez; Karen F. Murray; Simon Horslen; Martin G. Martin; M. James Lopez; Humberto Soriano; Brendan M. McGuire; Maureen M. Jonas; Nada Yazigi; Ross W. Shepherd; Kathleen Schwarz; Steven Lobritto; Daniel W. Thomas; Joel E. Lavine; Saul Karpen; Vicky Ng; Deirdre Kelly; Nancy Simonds; Linda S. Hynan
- Book ID
- 116683807
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 193 KB
- Volume
- 148
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6833
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The Acute liver Failure Study Group cute liver failure is an uncommon but serious and distinctive clinical syndrome marked by sudden A onset of signs of hepatic failure in patients without preexisting liver disease. Acute liver failure is estimated to cause 2,000 deaths yearly and to account for at