acute liver failure

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rapidly developing condition with a broad etiologic factor and incompletely understood mechanisms of pathogenesis. Timely identification of the cause and rapid initiation of etiologic treatment, detection, prevention …

This article summarizes data on etiology, epidemiology and clinical presentation of acute liver failure. The review provides statistics on the incidence rates of acute liver failure in patients with different underlying diseases, describes the most …