Management of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure in a Region With Insufficient Deceased Donor Support: A Single-Center Experience


Yankol Y., Ertugrul M., Kanmaz T., Mecit N., Ocak I., DURMAZ Ö., ...More

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation, vol.14, no.5, pp.535-541, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.6002/ect.2015.0008
  • Journal Name: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.535-541
  • Keywords: Living-donor liver transplant, Pediatric acute liver failure, Outcome, Pediatric liver transplant, FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE, COLLEGE-HOSPITAL CRITERIA, IMPROVED OUTCOMES, EARLY INDICATORS, DISEASE SCORE, TRANSPLANTATION, PROGNOSIS, ACETAMINOPHEN, COMPLICATIONS, MODEL
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives: Acute liver failure is a rapidly progressive and life-threatening disease in children, whose clinical features differ from those of adults.