Risk Stratification of Adult Patients Undergoing Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure

2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal R. Barshes ◽  
Timothy C. Lee ◽  
Rajesh Balkrishnan ◽  
Saul J. Karpen ◽  
Beth A. Carter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Risk Stratification ◽  
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation ◽  
Fulminant Hepatic Failure ◽  
Hepatic Failure ◽  
Adult Patients

scholarly journals Longterm outcomes of auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation in preadolescent children with fulminant hepatic failure

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Weiner ◽  
Adam Griesemer ◽  
Eddie Island ◽  
Steven Lobritto ◽  
Mercedes Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation ◽  
Fulminant Hepatic Failure ◽  
Hepatic Failure ◽  
Preadolescent Children

Fulminant hepatic failure caused by acute fatty liver of pregnancy treated by orthotopic liver transplantation

Hepatology ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel A. Ockner ◽  
Elizabeth M. Brunt ◽  
Steven M. Cohn ◽  
Elaine S. Krul ◽  
Douglas W. Hanto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Fatty Liver ◽  
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation ◽  
Fulminant Hepatic Failure ◽  
Hepatic Failure ◽  
Acute Fatty Liver

Extracorporeal Treatment in Fulminant Hepatic Failure: Pathophysiologic Considerations

2002 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 929-934 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Kramer ◽  
E. Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Orthotopic Liver Transplantation ◽  
Fulminant Hepatic Failure ◽  
Cerebral Edema ◽  
Hepatic Failure ◽  
Multiorgan Failure ◽  
Clinical Syndrome ◽  
Considerable Proportion ◽  
Liver Support ◽  
Detoxification Systems

Fulminant hepatic failure is a life-threatening clinical syndrome following severe hepatic injury leading to cerebral edema and brainstem herniation. Excessive mortality can be currently reduced only by timely orthotopic liver transplantation. Due to the shortage of donor organs, a considerable proportion of patients develop irreversible neurological damage, multiorgan failure or death while waiting for transplantation. Consequently, alternatives to orthotopic liver transplantation and methods of stabilizing patients on the waiting list including extracorporeal detoxification treatment are currently investigated. Recent advances in the pathophysiology of cerebral edema have challenged some of the traditional assumptions on which many blood detoxification systems are based. This article aims to integrate pathophysiology of hepatic encephalopathy and cerebral edema into a proposed future concept of liver support.

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