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Annals of Hepatology, 2010 Acute liver failure is a rare but often catastrophic illness affecting the liver and multiple organ systems. Patients with acute liver failure require a multidisciplinary approach for adequate management.
Murali Pathikonda, Santiago J. Munoz, MD
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Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2019 Out of various etiology involved in liver pathology viral and metabolic causes are important in children. Hypoxic and ischemic liver injury are commonly seen in PICU.
Kundan Mittal +2 more
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Apollo Medicine, 2021 Acute liver failure is an uncommon disease presenting with abrupt failure of liver synthetic and detoxification functions on account of widespread damage to hepatocytes and is associated with high mortality.
Vikash Prakash
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Predicting outcome on admission and post-admission for acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure using classification and regression tree models. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Assessing prognosis for acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure (APAP-ALF) patients often presents significant challenges. King's College (KCC) has been validated on hospital admission, but little has been published on later phases of illness. We aimed
Jaime Lynn Speiser +3 more
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Liver Transplantation for Acute Liver Failure due to Mushroom Poisoning
The Turkish Journal of GastroenterologyBackground/Aims: Liver transplantation is a life-saving approach in some cases of mushroom poisoning, which is one of the important causes of acute liver failure. However, debate continues regarding the timing of liver transplantation.
Hayri Canbaz +4 more
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Acute-on-chronic liver failure: a review
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2014 Luis Eduardo Zamora Nava,1 Jonathan Aguirre Valadez,2 Norberto C Chávez-Tapia,3 Aldo Torre21Department of Endoscopy, 2Department of Gastroenterology, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán, 3Obesity and ...
Zamora Nava LE +3 more
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JAAPAABSTRACT Acute liver failure, commonly caused by acetaminophen overdose, is associated with numerous systemic complications including cerebral edema, hypotension, acute kidney injury, and infection. Management is primarily supportive, with an emphasis on excellent neurocritical care.
Girish V, Royer A, John S.
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Acute liver failure in a patient with recent coronavirus disease 2019 infection requiring liver transplantation: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case ReportsBackground Acute or fulminant liver failure is a rare, life-threatening disease that may be caused by various factors such as certain drugs and toxin exposure, viral infections, and hereditary syndromes.
Ayman Alahdal +5 more
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Hypothermia in Acute Liver Failure [PDF]
Metabolic Brain Disease, 2004 The development of encephalopathy in patients with acute liver injury defines the occurrence of liver failure. The encephalopathy of acute liver failure is characterized by brain edema which manifests clinically as increased intracranial pressure. Despite the best available medical therapies a significant proportion of patients with acute liver failure
Jalan, Rajiv, Rose, Christopher
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The Lancet, 2020 Acute liver failure is a rare syndrome and is primarily caused by paracetamol toxicity in developed nations. Survival for patients with acute liver failure has steadily improved over the last few decades from approximately 20% to greater than 60%. This marked improvement in survival has been due to a combination of improvements in medical practice and ...
Sandro, Vento, Francesca, Cainelli
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