"Liver Failure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Severe inability of the LIVER to perform its normal metabolic functions, as evidenced by severe JAUNDICE and abnormal serum levels of AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; and albumin/globulin ratio. (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017093
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.552.308.500
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Liver Failure" by people in Profiles.
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Accuracy of estimated total liver volume formulas before liver resection. Surgery. 2019 09; 166(3):247-253.
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Heat Stroke as a Cause of Liver Failure and Evaluation of Liver Transplant. Exp Clin Transplant. 2022 06; 20(6):621-626.
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Hepatobiliary scintigraphy to evaluate liver function in associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy: Liver volume overestimates liver function. Surgery. 2017 10; 162(4):775-783.
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Importance of primary indication and liver function between stages: results of a multicenter Italian audit of ALPPS 2012-2014. HPB (Oxford). 2016 05; 18(5):419-27.
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Prevalence of Sarcopenia and Associated Outcomes in the Clinical Setting. Nutr Clin Pract. 2016 Feb; 31(1):40-8.
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Delayed-onset cytomegalovirus disease coded during hospital readmission in a multicenter, retrospective cohort of liver transplant recipients. Liver Transpl. 2015 May; 21(5):581-90.
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Screening for Zinc Deficiency in Patients with Cirrhosis: When Should We Start? Dig Dis Sci. 2015 Oct; 60(10):3130-5.
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Monosegment ALPPS hepatectomy: extending resectability by rapid hypertrophy. Surgery. 2015 Apr; 157(4):676-89.
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Prognostic criteria for postoperative mortality in 170 patients undergoing major right hepatectomy. Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2012 Oct; 11(5):507-12.
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Image of the month. Polycystic liver disease leading to liver failure and transplantation. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Apr; 8(4):A24.