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Pediatric Reports, 2023 Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) has recently become a subject of great interest when multiple clusters of non-A to non-E severe acute hepatitis in otherwise healthy young children with a median age of 2 years were reported around the world [...]
Claudia Mandato, Pietro Vajro
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Acute Hepatitis B with Pancreatitis and Cholecystitis Leading to Acute Liver Failure and Death
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2018 Acute liver failure is defined as severe acute liver injury, concurrent with encephalopathy and loss of hepatic synthetic function, in a patient without known pre-existing liver disease.
Andrew R. Albert +2 more
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023 Background The incidence of acute liver failure from herpes simplex virus is rare. Case presentation A 71-year-old Japanese man was diagnosed with acute liver failure and was transferred to our hospital.
Kento Shionoya +4 more
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Pharmacokinetics and efficacy of oral versus intravenous mixed-micellar phylloquinone (vitamin K-1) in severe acute liver disease [PDF]
, 2005 Background/Aims: In patients with severe acute liver dysfunction, i.v. phylloquinone (vitamin K-1) may be given to exclude vitamin K deficiency, rather than impaired hepatic synthesis of coagulation factors alone, as the cause of the coagulopathy ...
Pereira, SP +13 more
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Babesiosis Presenting as Acute Liver Failure
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2017 Babesiosis is a zoonotic, tick-borne infection caused by the protozoan Babesia. It is transmitted by the Ixodes ticks which transmit the infection to humans. Babesia microti, Babesia duncani, Babesia divergens, and Babesia venatorum are species that have
Yousef Nassar, Seth Richter
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Sunitinib-Induced Acute Liver Failure
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2021 Drug-induced liver injury is an uncommon but life-threatening entity. Sunitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor used for advanced and imatinib-refractory gastrointestinal stromal tumors. It causes transient elevation in liver enzymes.
Anum Aqsa +4 more
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Acute liver failure in paracetamol overdose: management, transplantation and best practice [PDF]
, 2020 In the United Kingdom the most common drug taken in overdose is paracetamol, which is recognised as a major cause of acute liver failure. However death rates from acute liver failure have fallen due to the rapid availability and accessibility of the ...
Toplis, Emma, Mortimore, Gerri
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Xenogeneic, extracorporeal liver perfusion in primates improves the ratio of branched-chain amino acids to aromatic amino acids (Fischer's ratio) [PDF]
, 1999 In fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), the development of hepatic encephalopathy is associated with grossly abnormal concentrations of plasma amino acids (PAA).
Puhl, G. +7 more
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Histological and Immunohistochemical Findings in Two Subtypes of Hepatitis B Related Acute Liver Failure [PDF]
, 2017 The 55th Annual Medical Student Research Forum at UT Southwestern Medical Center (Monday, January 17, 2017, 2-5 p.m., D1.600)BACKGROUND: Acute liver failure (ALF) occurs when rapid-onset, severe liver cell damage results in coagulopathy and ...
Choo, Vincent
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HPB Surgery, 1999 To consider the classification and to present an approach to the diagnosis and management of complications associated with acute liver failure.A review of studies reported from 1966 to 1998 and identified through a MEDLINE search on treatment of acute liver failure.Acute liver failure can be subdivided into hyperacute, (encephalopathy within 7 days of ...
Lee, William M., Williams, Roger
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