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The practical definition of acute liver failure (ALF) suggested by the Pediatric Acute Liver Failure study group is “coagulopathy with INR ≥ 1.5 with encephalopathy or INR ≥ 2 without encephalopathy due to a liver cause, not correctable by intravenous vitamin K, along with biochemical evidence of acute liver injury.”
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Shanmugam, N., Dhawan, A. (2019). Acute Liver Failure in Children: Intensive Care Management Protocol. In: Shanmugam, N., Dhawan, A. (eds) Pediatric Liver Intensive Care. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1304-2_2
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