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Cerebral oedema, and sepsis were responsible for most deaths. Prognostic criteria defined at King's College Hospital seemed to predict the outcome of patients who did not have a transplant managed on the Birmingham liver unit. Seventeen patients were listed for transplantation, 10 had liver transplantation, and seven of 10 survived. Seven were listed but not transplanted, and one of seven survived. Psychological rehabilitation of patients who had a transplant has not proved difficult. 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