Treatment of Acute Liver Failure in Resource-Constrained Settings without Transplantation Facilities Can Be Improved

Frontiers in Medicine

Francesca Cainelli¹ 

关键词: acute liver failure;    developing countries;    intensive care;    portal vein arterialization;    treatment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmed.2016.00031

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Acute liver failure affects previously healthy and often young people and has a very high mortality due to rapid multi-organ failure. The diagnosis is based on the presence of coagulopathy (International normalized ratio >2 or prothrombin rate <50%) and hepatic encephalopathy within 8 weeks of onset of jaundice in patients with no previous liver disease (1).

【 授权许可】

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