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PCRRT Expert Committee ICONIC Position Paper on Prescribing Kidney Replacement Therapy in Critically Sick Children With Acute Liver Failure

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Management of acute liver failure (ALF) and acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF) in the pediatric population can be challenging. Kidney manifestations of liver failure, such as hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) and acute kidney injury (AKI), are increasingly ...
Rupesh Raina, Rupesh Raina, Sidharth K. Sethi, Guido Filler, Shina Menon, Aliza Mittal, Amrit Khooblall, Amrit Khooblall, Amrit Khooblall, Prajit Khooblall, Prajit Khooblall, Ronith Chakraborty, Ronith Chakraborty, Ronith Chakraborty, Harsha Adnani, Nina Vijayvargiya, Nina Vijayvargiya, Sharon Teo, Girish Bhatt, Lee Jin Koh, Chebl Mourani, Marcelo de Sousa Tavares, Khalid Alhasan, Michael Forbes, Maninder Dhaliwal, Veena Raghunathan, Dieter Broering, Azmeri Sultana, Giovanni Montini, Giovanni Montini, Patrick Brophy, Mignon McCulloch, Timothy Bunchman, Hui Kim Yap, Hui Kim Yap, Rezan Topalglu, Maria Díaz-González de Ferris   +36 more
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Early period intensive care follow-up after liver transplantation in children: a single center experience

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Background. Liver transplantation (LT) is a well-established, life-saving treatment for children with irreversible acute and chronic liver failure (LF).
Edin Botan, Deniz Balcı, Aydan Kansu, Meltem Koloğlu, Suat Fitöz, Ergin Çiftçi, Özlem Can Selvi, Elvan Onur Kırımker, Ceyda Kırsaçlıoğlu, Zarife Kuloglu, Hasan Özen, Anar Gurbanov, Setenay Akyüzlüer Güneş, Emrah Gün, Tanıl Kendirli   +14 more
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A case of fatal liver failure due to chronic environmental exposure of copper in a child

Environmental Disease, 2022
Chronic liver damage followed by copper toxicity is very rare in pediatric population. This case report describes a 9-year-old child with acute liver failure as the presentation of copper toxicity due to chronic environmental exposure as a part of an ...
Utpal Sutaria, Rohan Modi, Aarti Solanki, Nehal Patel   +3 more
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Case Report: Fatal Acute Liver Failure With Giant Cell Transformation in a Pediatric Patient Associated With MIS-C

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Background: We describe the first pediatric case of a 10-month-old boy with MIS-C who developed fulminant acute liver failure with associated giant cell transformation and a fatal outcome, after ruling out other infectious, metabolic, genetic, and ...
Carolina Bonilla Gonzalez, Marcela Hincapié Echeverría, Rocio Plazas Pachón, Paola Mora Umaña, Berlly Lucia Diaz Gómez, Nathalie Gualdron Barreto   +5 more
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Acute liver failure as a presenting feature in an adolescent with acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A case report with review of literature

Indian Pediatrics Case Reports, 2023
Background: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a common pediatric malignancy, typically manifesting with symptoms of bone marrow and hematolymphoid organ infiltration.
Simran Bhatnagar, Bharat Kumar, Nitish Kumar, Alok Hemal   +3 more
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Chronic Acetaminophen Exposure in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2013
BACKGROUND: Acetaminophen (N-acetyl-p-aminophenol [APAP]) is a widely used medication that can cause hepatotoxicity. We examined characteristics and outcomes of children with chronic exposure (CE) to APAP in the multinational Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF) Study.
Leonis, Mike A, Alonso, Estella M, Im, Kelly, Belle, Steven H, Squires, Robert H   +4 more
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Pediatric liver failure: we came, we saw, but have we conquered? [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2017
Although there have been advances made in the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute liver failure, there is still no consensus regarding the definition or standardized evaluation, and an inability to predict outcomes, specifically irreversible ...
Sara Kathryn Smith, Philip Rosenthal
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Clinical characteristics of acute liver failure associated with hepatitis A infection in children in Mogadishu, Somalia: a hospital-based retrospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Hepatitis A is one of the most common infectious causes of acute hepatitis, and currently, a neglected global public health problem necessitating an urgent response in Somalia.
Esra Keles, Mohamed A. Hassan-Kadle, Marian Muse Osman, Hasan Huseyin Eker, Zeynep Abusoglu, Kursad Nuri Baydili, Aamir Muse Osman   +6 more
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Immunophenotype Predicts Outcome in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure [PDF]

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2013
ABSTRACTObjectives:We sought to determine whether markers of T‐cell immune activation, including soluble interleukin 2 receptor alpha (sIL2Rα) levels predict outcome in pediatric acute liver failure and may target potential candidates for immunomodulatory therapy.Methods:We analyzed markers of immune activation in 77 patients with pediatric acute liver
John, Bucuvalas, Lisa, Filipovich, Nada, Yazigi, Michael R, Narkewicz, Vicky, Ng, Steven H, Belle, Song, Zhang, Robert H, Squires   +7 more
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Case Report: A Case of Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Acute Liver Failure Requiring Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation After Emergent Liver Transplantation

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Hepatic manifestations of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection are relatively common, mild, and self-limiting. Although fulminant hepatic failure has been reported in a few cases, the contributing factors are unclear. This report discusses a pediatric case
Koji Nakajima, Eitaro Hiejima, Hiroshi Nihira, Kentaro Kato, Yoshitaka Honda, Kazushi Izawa, Naoko Kawabata, Itaru Kato, Eri Ogawa, Mari Sonoda, Tatsuya Okamoto, Hideaki Okajima, Takahiro Yasumi, Junko Takita   +13 more
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