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Timing of liver transplantation for pediatric acute liver failure due to mushroom poisoning: a case report and literature review

BMC Pediatrics, 2020
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, Chu-Qiao Sheng, Yu Ao, Yu-Mei Li   +3 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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Current Views on Pediatric Acute Liver Failure

It is well known that acute liver failure (ALF) in children is rare but potentially a life-threatening disorder. Its true incidence in the pediatric population is undetermined but is responsible for 10-15% of all pediatric liver transplantations.1 Unlike adults, a specific cause of pediatric ALF is not identified in almost half of the cases,2 and the ...
José Colleti Jr., Rafael Teixeira Azevedo, Werther Brunow de Carvalho   +2 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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Effectiveness of High-Volume Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Acute and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure in Korean Pediatric Patients [PDF]

, 2022
Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) is the only curative treatment for acute liver failure (ALF) and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF). In high-volume therapeutic plasma exchange (HV-TPE), extracorporeal liver support filters accumulate toxins and ...
박소원, 고홍, 임혜지
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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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Short and long-term outcomes of acute liver failure [PDF]

, 2022
Acute liver failure is a rare and devastating condition. In the Western world, paracetamol overdose is the leading cause of acute liver failure.
Donnelly, Mhairi Claire
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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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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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