SECONDARY TRANSFER OF PATIENTS WITH FULMINANT HEPATIC-FAILURE

The principles of stabilisation before and monitoring during transport ation are well established in intensive care practice, but fulminant h epatic failure presents especial problems. Transfer of patients to spe cialist liver failure units needs to be carried out without interrupti on of therapy aimed at delaying the onset of cerebral oedema, sepsis a nd haemodynamic instability.