AASLD Practice Guidance on Acute-on-chronic liver failure and the management of critically ill patients with cirrhosis

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology (Liver Unit), Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
² Virginia Commonwealth University, Central Virginia Veterans Healthcare System, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
³ Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Dallas Veterans Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁶ Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁷ Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Practice Guideline

Constantine J Karvellas et al. Hepatology. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 1;79(6):1463-1502.

doi: 10.1097/HEP.0000000000000671. Epub 2023 Nov 9.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology (Liver Unit), Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
² Virginia Commonwealth University, Central Virginia Veterans Healthcare System, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
³ Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Dallas Veterans Medical Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas, USA.
⁶ Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁷ Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁸ University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁹ Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

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