The management of acute hepatic failure
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The management of acute hepatic failure.
Acute fulminant hepatitis leads to complex biochemical and circulatory disturbances including coma. These can be predicted to some extent by knowledge of the functions of the normal liver cells. Ineffective haemostasis, coma, hypoglycaemia, electrolyte abnormalities, hypotension and renal circulatory failure are particularly important. Management should be governed by the abnormalities found in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.47.549.493