Episode #19: Acute Liver Failure
Guts & Glory: The SGH Gastroenterology Podcast
English - September 05, 2022 15:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness Medicine gastroenterology medicine internal medicine bowel hepatology medical Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Timely recognition of patients with acute liver failure, and managing them at a liver transplantation center is essential in improving their survival.
Joining us today, is Dr Terence Tan, consultant gastroenterologist from the Singapore General Hospital Liver Transplant Unit. We delve into the details behind Acute Liver Failure - discussing how we can evaluate patients suspected of ALF, the necessary workup, as well as important management principles to improve their outcomes.