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Should we redefine acute liver failure?

✍ Scribed by S.K. Acharya; S. Dasarathy; B.N. Tandon

Book ID: 119067135
Publisher: The Lancet
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 323 KB
Volume: 342
Category: Article
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)92778-r

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## Key Points 1. The interplay of four factors determines the outcome in Acute Liver Failure (ALF). Current criteria used for prognosis address each of these factors. a. Hepatic regeneration: Age, poor prognostic etiologies (drug, idiopathic ALF) b. Hepatocellular failure: INR, Bilirubin c. Encepha