Liver transplantation for acute hepatic failure?

Journal article

In the absence of definitive medical treatment for severe fulminant hepatic failure, liver transplantation may be appropriate in selected patients. However, uniform and easily applicable criteria for diagnosis of severity and analysis of results are needed to prevent unnecessary transplantation and to ensure that patients who may benefit are appropriately treated. Previous regimens for treatment of fulminant hepatic failure were often advocated, on the basis of data from historical controls, ...

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Authors: Chapman, R; Forman, D; Peto, R; Smallwood, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Lancet
• Volume: 335
• Issue: 8680
• Pages: 32-35
• Publication date: 1990-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90150-4
• EISSN: 1474-547X
• ISSN: 0140-6736
• Language: English
• Keywords: Liver Transplantation; Bias (Epidemiology); Renal Dialysis; Hepatic Encephalopathy; Humans; Research Subjects; Hemoperfusion; Risk Assessment; Patient Selection; Acute Disease; Prognosis; Control Groups; Ethics, Medical; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Therapeutic Human Experimentation; Severity of Illness Index