Pediatric Acute Liver Failure [PDF]
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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Prognostic Markers in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure [PDF]
Introduction: Acute liver failure (ALF), although rare in children, is a complex progressive pathology, with multisystem involvement and high mortality.
Andreia Filipa Nogueira +6 more
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Pediatric Acute Liver Failure in Sickle Cell Disease [PDF]
Introduction: Sickle cell intrahepatic cholestasis (SCIC) is one of the rarest and the most severe acute hepatic manifestations of sickle cell disease (SCD) and it can rapidly progress to acute liver failure.
Luís Rodrigues +3 more
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Pediatric acute liver failure: An experience of a pediatric intensive care unit from resource limited settings [PDF]
IntroductionPediatric acute liver failure is a rare and serious disease. Though liver transplantation is considered as the established treatment option for patients who are unlikely to recover with medical management, however, with the advancement of ...
Puja Amatya +6 more
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Metagenomic and transcriptomic investigation of pediatric acute liver failure cases reveals a common pathway predominated by monocytes [PDF]
In 2022, a cluster of severe childhood hepatitis was detected primarily in Europe and North America, leading to a global alert by the World Health Organization.
Ruben H. de Kleine +18 more
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Genetic landscape of pediatric acute liver failure of indeterminate origin. [PDF]
Background and Aims: Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) is a life-threatening condition. In Europe, the main causes are viral infections (12%–16%) and inherited metabolic diseases (14%–28%). Yet, in up to 50% of cases the underlying etiology remains elusive, challenging clinical management, including liver transplantation. We
Lenz D +96 more
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Timing of liver transplantation for pediatric acute liver failure due to mushroom poisoning: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Background Pediatric acute liver failure is a rare, life-threatening illness. Mushroom poisoning is a rare etiology. For patients with irreversible pediatric acute liver failure, liver transplantation is the ultimate lifesaving therapy.
Chun-Feng Yang +3 more
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Development of a prognostic model for pediatric acute liver failure in a Brazilian center [PDF]
Objective: Pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) is a heterogeneous, rare, and severe condition, which outcome is survival due to liver spontaneous recovery or death.
José Colleti Junior +4 more
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Outcomes Analyses of Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Subjects Listed for Liver Transplantation. [PDF]
ABSTRACTBackground:We characterized recent outcomes in US pediatric acute liver failure (PALF) subjects listed for liver transplantation (LT) using the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) database.Methods:Pediatric subjects listed for LT from 2002 to 2015 were assigned to the “PALF” group based on status 1/1A listing, INR >2, no ...
Kulkarni SS +7 more
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Hemostatic Balance in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Epidemiology of Bleeding and Thrombosis, Physiology, and Current Strategies [PDF]
Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF) is a rapidly progressive clinical syndrome encountered in the pediatric ICU which may rapidly progress to multi-organ dysfunction, and on occasion to life threatening cerebral edema and hemorrhage.
Yonca Bulut, Anil Sapru, Gavin D. Roach
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