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Das akute Leberversagen ist gekennzeichnet durch eine plötzliche Verschlechterung der Leberfunktion. Dies äußert sich in den allermeisten Fällen durch einen Anstieg der International Normalized Ratio (INR) und eine hepatische Enzephalopathie. Diese Übersichtsarbeit beleuchtet praxisnah die Ätiologie des akuten Leberversagens, die Interpretation wichtiger klinischer und laborchemischer Parameter, die medikamentösen Therapiemöglichkeiten sowie die Entscheidungsfindung zur Transplantation.

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  1. Klinik für Herz- und Thoraxchirurgie, Universitätsklinkum Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Deutschland

    Johannes Hadem

  2. Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, Hannover, 30625, Deutschland

    Andrea S. Schneider

  3. Klinik für Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie und Endokrinologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland

    Michael P. Manns

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  2. TU Dresden Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

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  8. Klinik für Gastroenterologie,Hepatologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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Hadem, J., Schneider, A.S., Manns, M.P. (2015). Akutes Leberversagen. In: Lehnert, H., et al. SpringerReference Innere Medizin. Springer Reference Medizin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54676-1_159-1

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