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Acute Liver Failure

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 2022
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare but life-threatening disease process that can result in rapidly progressive encephalopathy, elevated intracranial pressure, and multiorgan failure. In the United States, the 2 most common causes of ALF in the intensive care unit (ICU) are acetaminophen overdose and hypoxic-ischemic hepatopathy.
Chelsea, Ledgerwood   +4 more
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Acute Liver Failure

Clinics in Liver Disease, 2018
AbstractAcute liver failure (ALF) is a condition that can rapidly progress to multiorgan failure. This article focuses on the diagnosis and management of ALF. We provide a detailed review of the common etiologies of ALF, including acetaminophen overdose, viral hepatitis, drug-induced liver injury, Wilson's disease, and autoimmune hepatitis. The article
Constantine J. Karvellas   +1 more
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Global burden of disease: acute-on-chronic liver failure, a systematic review and meta-analysis

Gut, 2021
Background and aims Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is characterised by acute decompensation of cirrhosis associated with organ failures. We systematically evaluated the geographical variations of ACLF across the world in terms of prevalence ...
G. Mezzano   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Acute Liver Failure

New England Journal of Medicine, 2000
Worldwide, viral infection is responsible for the majority of cases of acute liver failure, and the presence of co-existing chronic viral hepatitis may increase its severity. The newly described hepatotrophic viruses, hepatitis G virus and transfusion-transmitted virus, are unlikely to be major aetiological agents.
Bernal, W, Wendon, J
openaire   +7 more sources

Acute-on-chronic liver failure is a distinct syndrome that develops in patients with acute decompensation of cirrhosis.

Gastroenterology, 2013
BACKGROUND & AIMS Patients with cirrhosis hospitalized for an acute decompensation (AD) and organ failure are at risk for imminent death and considered to have acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).
R. Moreau   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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