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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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Poor Access to Liver Transplantation and Survival of Children With Acute Liver Failure, Acute-on-chronic Liver Failure or Chronic Liver Disease. [PDF]
JPGN Rep, 2023 We describe the survival of children with acute liver failure (ALF), chronic liver disease (CLD), or acute‐on‐chronic liver failure (ACLF) with poor access to liver transplantation (LT). A retrospective cohort study of 42 patients
Estrada-Arce EV +4 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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A Case of Metformin-Associated Lactic Acidosis Complicated by Acute Liver Failure, Acute Renal Failure, and Shock. [PDF]
CureusMetformin is an oral antihyperglycemic agent used for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) management and is considered to be the first-line treatment for diabetic patients.
Farouji A +4 more
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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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Applications of Nanobiomaterials in the Therapy and Imaging of Acute Liver Failure
Nano-Micro Letters, 2020 This review focuses on the therapeutic mechanisms, targeting strategies of various nanomaterials in acute liver failure, and recent advances of diverse nanomaterials for acute liver failure therapy, diagnosis, and imaging. This review provides an outlook
Yu Tao, Shixian Lv, Mingqiang Li
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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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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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Clinical Medicine, 2011 ALF is a multisystem disorder necessitating both predictive and reactive management strategies to support and protect organs from the initial and subsequent insults encountered. Early referral to a specialist liver centre with the option of liver transplantation is recommended.
Andy, Slack, Julia, Wendon
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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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