• DOI:10.1016/0140-6736(93)91818-7
Corpus ID: 21583699

Acute liver failure: redefining the syndromes

@article{Williams1993AcuteLF,
  title={Acute liver failure: redefining the syndromes},
  author={R. Williams and S. Schalm and J. O'Grady},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={1993},
  volume={342},
  pages={273-275}
}

R. Williams, S. Schalm, J. O'Grady

Published 1993

Medicine

The Lancet

Existing definitions of clinical syndromes in acute liver failure do not accurately reflect important differences in clinical features and prognosis. Based on a large series of patients with acute liver failure treated at King's College Hospital, London between 1972 and 1985, we propose a new terminology. Hyperacute liver failure is our suggested term for cases in which encephalopathy occurs within 7 days of the onset of jaundice; this group includes the sizeable cohort likely to survive with… CONTINUE READING

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