TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Acute Liver Failure
A1  - Hsu, Cindy H.
A1  - Menne, Ashley R.
A1  - Tisherman, Samuel A.
A2  - Farcy, David A.
A2  - Chiu, William C.
A2  - Marshall, John P.
A2  - Osborn, Tiffany M.
PY  - 2016
T2  - Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e
AB  - Regardless  of  etiology,  the  unifying  feature  of  acute  liver  failure  (ALF)  is  a  rapid,  often  precipitous,  clinical  course.  Whereas  spontaneous  recovery  of  liver  function  is  possible  with  supportive  measures,  particularly  with  acetaminophen  overdose,  there  remains  a  significant  risk  of  spiraling  decline  after  presentation  with  multi-organ  dysfunction,  bleeding,  and  infectious  complications  often  heralded  by  high-grade  encephalopathy  with  cerebral  edema.1  A  patient  who  presents  emergently  with  ALF  has  an  overall  greater  likelihood  of  either  dying  or  requiring  emergent  orthotopic  liver  transplantation  (OLT)  than  recovering  without  transplant.2  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135701416
ER  -