Authors: Dean A Kerslake / Editor: Clifford J Mann / Reviewer: Mohamed Elwakil, Emma Everitt, Dean A Kerslake / Code: A3 / Published: 26/02/2021 / Reviewed: 05/08/2024
This module covers the assessment and management of patients with acute liver failure.
After completing this session you will be able to:
- Define acute liver failure and describe its pathophysiology
- Elicit the likely cause of acute liver failure in a patient presenting to the emergency department (ED)
- Assess the risk of morbidity and mortality in a patient presenting to the emergency department with acute liver failure.
- Order and interpret appropriate laboratory tests and imaging in patients with suspected acute liver failure.
- Institute appropriate management within the emergency department and describe the ongoing critical care management of a patient with acute liver failure.
References
- Lee WM, et al. AASLD position paper: The management of Acute Liver Failure: Update 2011. Journal of Hepatology. Sept 2011: 1-22.
- Stravitz RT, Kramer AH, Davern T. Intensive care of patients with acute liver failure:
recommendations of the U.S. Acute Liver Failure Study Group. Crit Care Med 2007;35:2498-2508 - Aziz R, Price J, Agarwal B. Management of acute liver failure in intensive care. BJA Educ. 2021 Mar;21(3):110-116.
