A guide to managing acute liver failure

Tavankit Singh; Nancy Gupta; Naim Alkhouri; William D Carey; Ibrahim A Hanouneh

doi:10.3949/ccjm.83a.15101

A guide to managing acute liver failure

Cleve Clin J Med. 2016 Jun;83(6):453-62. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15101.

Authors

Tavankit Singh¹, Nancy Gupta², Naim Alkhouri^{3

4}, William D Carey^{5

6}, Ibrahim A Hanouneh⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Westchester Medical Center, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.
³ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Assistant Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁶ Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁷ Minnesota Gastroenterology, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, USA. E-mail: ibrahimhanouneh@gmail.com.

PMID: 27281258
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.83a.15101

Abstract

Nearly 2,000 cases of acute liver failure occur each year in the United States. This disease carries a high mortality rate, and early recognition and transfer to a tertiary medical care center with transplant facilities is critical. This article reviews the definition, epidemiology, etiology, and management of acute liver failure.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Disease Management*
Humans
Liver Failure, Acute / mortality
Liver Failure, Acute / therapy*
Liver Transplantation
Tertiary Healthcare / methods
United States