Updates in the Emergency Department Management of Acute Liver Failure

Authors: David Bostick, MD MPH; Megan Donohue, MD; Robert Brown, MD; and Nicholas Santavicca, MD
Edited by: Michael C. Bond, MD FAAEM and Kelly Maurelus, MD
Originally Published: Common Sense July/August 2017

Introduction
Patients with chronic liver disease and acute liver failure have disease specific needs for which Eps must be cognizant. Below we review topics related to acetaminophen hepatotoxicity, use of rifaximin and lactulose in hepatic encephalopathy, and thromboelastography (TEG) directed transfusion in patients with liver disease requiring procedures.