Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- vomiting
- altered mental status
Other diagnostic factors
- hyperventilation
- hepatomegaly
- abnormal pupillary response
- hyperreflexia/areflexia
- diminished pain response
- seizures
- absence of, or minimal, jaundice and scleral icterus
Risk factors
- age 5-14 years
- white ethnicity
- recent viral infection
- aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) and other drug exposure
- genetically predisposed individual
- toxin exposure
- winter/spring presentation
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- serum electrolytes
- serum glucose
- LFTs
- serum ammonia
- PT/PTT
- urine/serum toxicology
- urinalysis
- blood gas
Tests to consider
- cranial CT
- lumbar puncture with cerebrospinal fluid analysis
- EEG
- liver biopsy
- metabolic testing
Treatment algorithm
all patients
Contributors
Authors
Vanessa G. Carroll, MD, FAAP
Medical Director of Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Kootenai Health
Coeur d’Alene
ID
Disclosures
VGC declares that she has no competing interests.
Russell W. Steele, MD, FAAP
Section Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Ochsner Medical Center for Children
New Orleans
LA
Disclosures
RWS declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
Dr Vanessa G. Carroll and Dr Russell W. Steele would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Barry M. Starr, a previous contributor to this topic. BMS declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
William F. Balistreri, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati
OH
Disclosures
WFB declares that he has no competing interests.
Bernard Portmann, MD, FRCPath
Consultant Histopathologist
Institute of Liver Studies
King's College Hospital
London
UK
გაფრთხილება:
BP declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
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