Department of Anesthesiology/CCM, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Correspondence to William T. Merritt, MD, MBA, Department of Anesthesiology/CCM, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. Tel: +1 410 955 5615; fax: +1 410 955 0994; e-mail: wmerr[email protected]
Abbreviations
ALF: acute liver failure
CNS: central nervous system
FDA: Food and Drug Administration
FHF: fulminant hepatic failure
↑ICP: intracranial hypertension
MARS: molecular adsorbent recycling system
OLT: orthotopic liver transplantation
PERV: porcine endogenous retrovirus
