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In this chapter, we would like to focus on four cases which highlight presentation and management of patients with acute liver failure (ALF), acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF), and complications observed in the post-liver transplantation period.
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Rajaram, P., Subramanian, R. (2019). Liver Failure in the ICU. In: LaRosa, J. (eds) Adult Critical Care Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94424-1_5
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