Etiology, outcome and prognostic indicators of childhood fulminant hepatic failure in the United Kingdom

• Main Authors: Lee, Way Seah, McKiernan, P., Kelly, D.A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2005
• Subjects: R Medicine; RJ Pediatrics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10911/; http://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Abstract/2005/05000/Etiology,_Outcome_and_Prognostic_Indicators_of.9.aspx
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Objective: To study the etiology, outcome and prognostic indicators in children with fulminant hepatic failure in the United Kingdom. Design: Retrospective review of all patients < 17 years with fulminant hepatic failure from 1991 to 2000. Fulminant hepatic failure was defined as presence of coag...