Clinical characteristics of liver failure from a systemic cause: A report from an advanced critical care center

Background/Purpose. In Japan, acute liver failure (ALF) has generally been described using the diagnostic term, “fulminant hepatitis”, because of the fact that most cases of ALF has been thought to occur in association with hepatitis mainly due to a hepatitis virus infection. New diagnostic criteria...

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Published in:	Annals of Hepatology
Main Authors:	Makoto Onodera, Yoshihiro Inoue, Yasuhiro Takikawa, Shigeatsu Endo
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2016-03-01
Subjects:	Diagnostic criteria for acute liver failure Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Prognostic factors Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score Warfarin
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119306817