TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 424. Acute Liver Failure A1 - Ng, Vicky Lee A2 - Rudolph, Colin D. A2 - Rudolph, Abraham M. A2 - Lister, George E. A2 - First, Lewis R. A2 - Gershon, Anne A. PY - 2011 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e AB - Liver failure is defined in adults by the requisite hallmarks of the presence of hepatic encephalopathy and uncorrectable coagulopathy within 8 weeks of the development of clinical jaundice, in the absence of known preexisting chronic liver disease. In children, a modified working definition for pediatric acute liver failure has been achieved by consensus of an expert panel (the Pediatric Acute Liver Failure [PALF] Study Group) as follows: SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7038985 ER -