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Etiology and Outcome of Adult and Pediatric Acute Liver Failure in Europe

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2023
Acute liver failure (ALF) is rare but life‐threatening. Common causes include intoxications, infections, and metabolic disorders. Indeterminate etiology is still frequent. No systematic data on incidence, causes, and outcome of ALF across Europe are available.
Lenz, Dominic, Hørby Jørgensen, Marianne, Kelly, Deirdre, Cardinale, Vincenzo, Geerts, Anja, Gonçalves Costa, Isabel, Fichtner, Alexander, Garbade, Sven F, Hegen, Bianca, Hilberath, Johannes, de Kleine, Ruben, Kupčinskas, Limas, McLin, Valérie, Niesert, Moritz, Prado Gonzalez, Veronica, Sturm, Ekkehard, Staufner, Christian, Tjwa, Eric, Willemse, José, Zecher, Britta F, Larsen, Fin Stolze, Sebode, Marcial, Ytting, Henriette   +22 more
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P-119 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE (ACLF): RESULTS OF THE MAIN TRANSPLANT CENTER OF PERU

Annals of Hepatology, 2023
Introduction and Objectives: Acute on chronic liver failure is characterized by acute decompensation of chronic liver disease, associated with different organ failure and, therefore, with high mortality.
Carmen Ana Cerron Cabezas, Rosa Luz Lopez Martinez, Gino Salcedo Bermudez, Pedro Martin Padilla Machaca, Bertha Eliana Cardenas Ramirez, Wilmer Bacilio Calderon, Omar Mantilla Cruzatti, Jose Rivera Romani, Alfonso Solar Peche, Saul Espinoza Rivera, Carlos Felix Rondon Leyva   +10 more
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Immunosuppressive therapy for indeterminate acute hepatitis or pediatric acute liver failure [PDF]

The Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
This letter concerns the role of immunosuppressive therapy in the treatment of indeterminate acute liver ...
Maggiore G, Jacquemin E, Bernard O
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Hemostatic Balance in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure: Epidemiology of Bleeding and Thrombosis, Physiology, and Current Strategies

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2020
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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FK506 IN PEDIATRIC KIDNEY-TRANSPLANTATION - PRIMARY AND RESCUE EXPERIENCE [PDF]

, 1995
Between December 14, 1989, and December 17, 1993,43 patients undergoing kidney transplantation alone at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh received FK506 as the primary immunosuppressive agent. The mean recipient age was 10.2 ± 4.8 years (range 0.7–17.
ELLIS, D, GILBOA, N, HAKALA, TR, HOPP, L, IRISH, W, JORDAN, ML, MCCAULEY, J, MITCHELL, S, SCANTLEBURY, VP, SHAPIRO, R, SIMMONS, RL, STARZL, TE, TZAKIS, AG, VIVAS, C   +13 more
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Acute Liver Failure Secondary to Niacin Toxicity

Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2014
A 17-year-old male was transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit for evaluation of acute liver failure. He was recently released from an alcohol treatment center with acute onset of chest pain.
Marc A. Ellsworth, Katelyn R. Anderson, David J. Hall, Deborah K. Freese, Robin M. Lloyd   +4 more
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NBAS mutations cause acute liver failure: when acetaminophen is not a culprit

Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2017
Background Pediatric acute-liver-failure due to acetaminophen (APAP) administration at therapeutic dosage is rare, while viral infections and metabolic defects are the prevalent causes. Yet, as acetaminophen is routinely used in febrile illnesses, it may
Pier Luigi Calvo, Francesco Tandoi, Tobias B. Haak, Andrea Brunati, Michele Pinon, Dominic Dell Olio, Renato Romagnoli, Marco Spada   +7 more
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Weaning of immunosuppression in liver transplant recipients [PDF]

, 1997
Immunosuppression has been sporadically discontinued by noncompliant liver allograft recipients for whom an additional 4 1/2 years of follow-up is provided.
Anand, Anthony J. Demetris, Bridget Flynn, Demetris, Demetris, Fung, George V. Mazariegos, Ignazio R. Marino, John J. Fung, John McMichael, Jorge Reyes, Mazariegos, Molleston, Murase, Pappo, Qian, Ramos, Sanborn, Schlitt, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Thomas E. Starzl, van Hoek, William Irish   +26 more
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Intestinal transplantation under tacrolimus monotherapy after perioperative lymphoid depletion with rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (thymoglobulin®) [PDF]

, 2005
Modifications in the timing and dosage of immunosuppression can ameliorate the morbidity and mortality that has prevented widespread use of intestinal transplantation (ITx) in children.
Abu-Elmagd, K, Bond, GJ, Macedo, C, Mazariegos, GV, Murase, N, Peters, J, Reyes, J, Sindhi, R, Starzl, TE   +8 more
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A fatal hepatitis A virus with dengue fever co-infection

IDCases, 2019
We report the first pediatric fatal case of Hepatitis A virus (HAV) and dengue virus (DENV) co-infection. A 4-year-old boy who had a partial recovery of HAV infection but with subsequent DENV infection; the condition was complicated by acute fulminant ...
Gassem Gohal
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