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Liver maximum capacity (LiMAx) test as a helpful prognostic tool in acute liver failure with sepsis: a case report.

Matthias BuechterGuido GerkenDieter P HoyerStefanie BertramJens M TheysohnViktoria ThodouAlisan Kahraman
Published in: BMC anesthesiology (2018)
Estimating prognosis in patients with ALF is challenging by use of the established scores. In our case, improvement of enzymatic liver function measured by the LiMAx test was the first parameter predicting beneficial outcome in a patient with ALF complicated by sepsis.
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