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Acute liver failure

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Last updated: 31 Dec 2024

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განსაზღვრება

ანამნეზი და გასინჯვა

ძირითადი დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები

  • hepatotoxic drugs
  • chronic alcohol misuse
  • pregnancy
  • jaundice
  • coagulopathy
  • signs of hepatic encephalopathy
სრული ტექსტი

სხვა დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები

  • absence of history of chronic liver disease
  • abdominal pain
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • malaise
  • signs of cerebral edema
  • right upper quadrant tenderness
  • hepatomegaly
  • absence of splenomegaly
  • absence of spider angiomata
  • absence of palmar erythema
  • absence of ascites
  • depression or suicidal ideation
  • Wilson disease
  • exposure to hepatotoxins
  • illicit drug use
  • absence of malignancy
სრული ტექსტი

რისკფაქტორები

  • chronic alcohol misuse
  • poor nutritional status or fasting
  • female sex
  • age >40 years
  • pregnancy
  • chronic hepatitis B
  • chronic pain and narcotic use
  • herbal and dietary supplement hepatotoxicity
  • Wilson disease
  • acetaminophen and antidepressant therapy
  • chronic hepatitis C
  • HIV and hepatitis C coinfection
სრული ტექსტი

დიაგნოსტიკური კვლევები

1-ად შესაკვეთი გამოკვლევები

  • liver function tests
  • prothrombin time/INR
  • viscoelastic testing (VET)
  • basic metabolic panel
  • CBC
  • blood type and screen
  • serum amylase and lipase
  • arterial blood gas
  • arterial blood lactate
  • acetaminophen level
  • urine toxicology screen
  • viral hepatitis serologies
  • autoimmune hepatitis markers
  • pregnancy test
  • chest x-ray
  • abdominal ultrasound with Doppler
სრული ტექსტი

გასათვალისწინებელი კვლევები

  • factor V level
  • viral hepatitis polymerase chain reaction (PCR) studies
  • serum ceruloplasmin
  • serum copper
  • 24-hour urinary copper excretion
  • slit-lamp ophthalmologic examination
  • arterial ammonia
  • HIV test
  • urinalysis and urine sodium
  • surveillance cultures
  • Coombs test
  • biomarkers
  • liver biopsy
  • CT scan of head
  • CT/MR cholangiography
  • transcranial Doppler
სრული ტექსტი

მკურნალობის ალგორითმი

მწვავე

all patients

კონტრიბუტორები

ავტორები

Stevan A. Gonzalez, MD, MS
Stevan A. Gonzalez

Associate Professor

Department of Internal Medicine

TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine

Medical Director of Liver Transplantation

Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Transplant Institute

Baylor All Saints Medical Center

Fort Worth

TX

Divulgaciones

SG is a paid consultant and speaker for Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals.

Agradecimientos

Dr Stevan Gonzalez would like to gratefully acknowledge the late Dr Emmet B. Keeffe who previously co-contributed to this topic; an esteemed colleague, friend, and mentor.

Divulgaciones

EBK declared that he had no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Timothy J. Davern, MD

Director of Acute Liver Failure Program

California Pacific Medical Center Liver Transplant Program

San Francisco

CA

Divulgaciones

Not disclosed.

Muhammad Dawwas, MRCP

Specialist Registrar

Liver Unit

Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge

UK

Divulgaciones

Not disclosed.

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Artículos principales

Shingina A, Mukhtar N, Wakim-Fleming J, et al. Acute liver failure guidelines. Am J Gastroenterol. 2023 Jul 1;118(7):1128-53.Texto completo  Resumen

Lee WM, Squires RH Jr, Nyberg SL, et al. Acute liver failure: summary of a workshop. Hepatology. 2008 Apr;47(4):1401-15.Texto completo  Resumen

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. AASLD position paper: the management of acute liver failure: update 2011. Nov 2011 [internet publication].Texto completo

Wendon J, Cordoba J, Dhawan A, et al; European Association for the Study of the Liver. EASL clinical practical guidelines on the management of acute (fulminant) liver failure. J Hepatol. 2017 May;66(5):1047-81.Texto completo  Resumen

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