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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 11/2018

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The ten tips to manage critically ill patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure

Authors: Valentin Fuhrmann, Tony Whitehouse, Julia Wendon

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2018

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Patients with liver cirrhosis represent 2–5% of the intensive care unit (ICU) population [1, 2]; their admission is associated with a high mortality (36–86%) [3‐5]. Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is present in most of these patients. This article provides ten tips to support intensivists treating patients with ACLF. …
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Metadata
Title
The ten tips to manage critically ill patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure
Authors
Valentin Fuhrmann
Tony Whitehouse
Julia Wendon
Publication date
01-11-2018
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2018
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-018-5078-z

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