Inability of intracranial pressure monitoring to select patients with acute liver failure for transplantation

Intracranial pressure monitoring in pati

Intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with acute liver failure: A questionable invasive surveillance

✍ Jacques Bernuau; François Durand 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 73 KB

Monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) in acute liver failure (ALF) is controversial as a result of the reported complication risk (approximately 20%) and limited therapeutic options for intracranial hypertension. Using prospectively collected information from 332 patients with ALF and severe enc

The Coagulopathy of Acute Liver Failure

The Coagulopathy of Acute Liver Failure and Implications for Intracranial Pressure Monitoring

✍ Santiago J. Munoz; K. Rajender Reddy; William Lee; The Acute Liver Failure Study 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 Humana Press Inc 🌐 English ⚖ 232 KB

Complications and use of intracranial pr

Complications and use of intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with acute liver failure and severe encephalopathy

✍ Javier Vaquero; Robert J. Fontana; Anne M. Larson; Nathan M.T. Bass; Timothy J. 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 256 KB

Monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) in acute liver failure (ALF) is controversial as a result of the reported complication risk (approximately 20%) and limited therapeutic options for intracranial hypertension. Using prospectively collected information from 332 patients with ALF and severe enc

Brain Preservation During Orthotopic Liv

Brain Preservation During Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in a Patient With Acute Liver Failure and Severe Elevation of Intracranial Pressure

✍ Alexandru Gottlieb; Kathrine R. DeBoer 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 Springer-Verlag 🌐 English ⚖ 115 KB

Prognostic value of records from continu

Prognostic value of records from continuous monitoring of intracranial pressure (ICP) in patients with acute liver failure (ALF)

✍ Salmerón, JM; Navasa, M; Mas, A; Castells, A; Feu, F; Saló, J; Rodés, J 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 69 KB

The effect of hypertonic sodium chloride

The effect of hypertonic sodium chloride on intracranial pressure in patients with acute liver failure

✍ Nicholas Murphy; Georg Auzinger; William Bernel; Julia Wendon 📂 Article 📅 2004 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 184 KB 👁 1 views

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare condition characterized by the development of encephalopathy in the absence of chronic liver disease. Cerebral edema occurs in up to 80% of patients with Grade IV encephalopathy. In the current prospective randomized controlled clinical trial, we examined the effe