Current and prospective therapies for acute liver failure

Dis Mon. 2018 Dec;64(12):493-522. doi: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2018.04.002. Epub 2018 Sep 3.

Authors

Sara A Brown¹, Ellen Axenfeld¹, Elizabeth G Stonesifer¹, William Hutson², Steven Hanish³, Jean-Pierre Raufman², Nathalie H Urrunaga⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
³ Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States. Electronic address: nurrunaga@som.umaryland.edu.

PMID: 30190075
DOI: 10.1016/j.disamonth.2018.04.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute liver failure; Liver transplantation; Treatment.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Budd-Chiari Syndrome / complications
Budd-Chiari Syndrome / diagnosis
Budd-Chiari Syndrome / epidemiology
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / complications
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / diagnosis
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / drug therapy
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / epidemiology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / complications
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / diagnosis
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / epidemiology
Female
HELLP Syndrome / diagnosis
HELLP Syndrome / epidemiology
HELLP Syndrome / therapy
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / complications
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / diagnosis
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / drug therapy
Hepatitis, Viral, Human / epidemiology
Hepatocytes / transplantation
Hepatolenticular Degeneration / complications
Hepatolenticular Degeneration / diagnosis
Hepatolenticular Degeneration / epidemiology
Humans
Liver Diseases / complications
Liver Diseases / physiopathology*
Liver Failure, Acute / diagnosis
Liver Failure, Acute / etiology*
Liver Failure, Acute / mortality
Liver Failure, Acute / therapy*
Liver Transplantation / methods*
Liver, Artificial
Molecular Targeted Therapy / methods
Mushroom Poisoning / complications
Mushroom Poisoning / diagnosis
Mushroom Poisoning / drug therapy
Mushroom Poisoning / epidemiology
Physicians, Primary Care
Plasmapheresis / methods
Pregnancy
Prospective Studies
Respiratory Insufficiency / complications
Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnosis
Respiratory Insufficiency / epidemiology
Survival Rate