Acute liver failure is a rare disorder with high mortality and resource cost. In the developing
world, viral causes predominate, with hepatitis E infection recognised as a common cause in …

The present version of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
Position Paper represents a thorough overhaul from the previous version of 2005. In …

The term acute liver failure (ALF) is frequently applied as a generic expression to describe
patients presenting with or developing an acute episode of liver dysfunction. In the context of …

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare condition in which rapid deterioration of liver function
results in altered mentation and coagulopathy in previously normal individuals. US …

Objective: To provide a uniform platform from which to study acute liver failure, the US Acute
Liver Failure Study Group has sought to standardize the management of patients with acute …

Background and aim: In acute liver failure (ALF), the brain is exposed to high levels of
ammonia. Human studies defining the clinical significance of ammonia in ALF are lacking …

Intended for use by physicians, the recommendations in this document suggest preferred
approaches to the diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive aspects of care. They are intended …

Antituberculosis therapy (ATT)–associated acute liver failure (ATT‐ALF) is the commonest
drug‐induced ALF in South Asia. Prospective studies on ATT‐ALF are lacking. The current …

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a syndrome of diverse etiology, in which patients without
previously recognized liver disease sustain a liver injury that results in rapid loss of hepatic …

Pregnant patients with acute liver failure (ALF) are believed to have a worse outcome than
nonpregnant women and men with ALF. However objective data supporting this supposition …