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Review
. 1977 Mar;32(3):228-39.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1977.tb11600.x.

Acute liver failure. Experience in a special unit

M E Ward, P N Trewby, R Williams, L Strunin
Free article
Review

Acute liver failure. Experience in a special unit

M E Ward et al. Anaesthesia. 1977 Mar.
Free article

Abstract

Acute liver failure involves disturbances of all major organ systems. The pathophysiology of these disturbances are reviewed and details of management for each system is discussed in clinical work in a special Liver Failure Unit is used to derive principles of treatment, and the use of extracorporeal charcoal haemoperfusion is outlined.

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