Sustaining Life During Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Authors: CHARLES S. DAVIDSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1969)

Editorials1 August 1969Sustaining Life During Fulminant Hepatic FailureCHARLES S. DAVIDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM V. MCDERMOTT JR., M.D., CHARLES TREY, M.B.CHARLES S. DAVIDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, WILLIAM V. MCDERMOTT JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CHARLES TREY, M.B.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-71-2-415 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptWhen the liver parenchyma is diffusely and severely damaged by acute insult, whether of viral, traumatic, or toxic origin, the object of treatment is to sustain life until the damaging process is arrested and regeneration of hepatic cells sufficient to maintain, life can occur.The development of our knowledge concerning the vital functions carried out by the liver received great stimulus from the classical dog hepatectomy studies of Mann, Magath, Bollman, and their colleagues (1-3) and continued through many other studies of the management of liver failure (4, 5). In the total absence of liver, life can be sustained for...References1. 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