Acute liver failure in children - A constant challenge for the treating intensivist

Pediatric acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare complex clinical syndrome with a fatal outcome, if not diagnosed and treated at the right time. ALF in children can be difficult to recognize and is very different from ALF in adults; in terms of definition, etiology, symptomatology and management. The c...

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Main Authors: Maninder Singh Dhaliwal, Veena Raghunathan, Neelam Mohan, Akash Deep
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2016;volume=3;issue=4;spage=37;epage=51;aulast=Dhaliwal