Acute liver failure

Your liver is the largest organ inside your body. It helps your body digest food, store energy, and remove poisons.There are many kinds of liver diseases:Diseases caused by viruses, such as hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis CDiseases caused by drugs, poisons, or too much alcohol. Examples include fatty liver disease and cirrhosis.Liver cancerInherited diseases, such as hemochromatosis and Wilson diseaseSymptoms of liver disease can vary, but they often include swelling of the abdomen and legs, bruising easily, changes in the color of your stool and urine, and jaundice, or yellowing of the skin and eyes. Sometimes there are no symptoms. Tests such as imaging tests and liver function tests can check for liver damage and help to diagnose liver diseases.

Disease Alternative Name

liver diseases

alagille syndrome

gilbert disease

hepatic diseases

hepatic disease

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Dr. Ashish Nair

Dr Ashish Nair MBBS MD IDCCM FIRA CICCM "a doctor by profession here to cure pain and spread smiles"

New admission I- 27/M S-Acute liver failure Autoimmune hepatitis ?drug induced liver injury B- No known co morbidities Admitted with c/o - Genralised weakness Reduced oral intake Abd distention since 4 -5 days H/o vomiting ...See More

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Dr. Sanaullah Liaqat

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#clinicalpearls Some points about LFTs ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► When ↑↑ALP + ↑ALT → Most likely to be a problem in Bile Duct. --------------------------------- ► When ↑↑ALT + ↑ALP → Most Likely to be a problem in Liver. Then look for ╠ ↑↑ ALT + ↑AS...See More

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Dr. Meenakshi P

Neonatology

hepatic encephalopathy

8year female child presented with hepatitis with hepatic encephalopathy with respiratory failure with acute liver failure ,died because of sudden pulmonary bleeding, despite of all management transfusion of plasma red blood cell,vit k, ppi,...See More

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Dr. Vikram Thakur

Homeopathy

Acute liver failure,aki, coagulopathy, and hypothyrodism Plz finding in x ray ?

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Bhavya Arora

MBBS Student

SOME CAUSES OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE Acetaminophen Hepatitis (A,B,C,D,E) Autoimmune hepatitis Cryptogenic Esoteric causes (Budd-Chiari, Wilson disease) Drugs/toxins Microvesicular fatty change (reye syndrome)

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Bhavya Arora

MBBS Student

Acute liver failure is defined as an acute liver illness associated with encephalopathy and coagulopathy that occurs within 26 weeks of initial liver injury in absence of pre existing liver disease

Dr. Dhruvajay Gaikwad

Emergency Medicine

56 yr male patient has recovered upto the mark from Acute liver failure, Sepsis, Acute kidney injury with a management with higher antibiotics, couple of sessions of dialysis and ionotropic support for a week. Now the patient is off ionot...See More

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Dr. Harmender Singh Labana

Blood Banking & Tranfusion Medicine

A 45 year man complaining chronic liver disease, diagnosis Acute liver failure,liver Enzymes report given below suggest ...See More

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Dr. Prashant Vedwan

Anesthesia

A 50yrs old male patient presented to casualty with C/o haematemesis and Hb 8mg/dl. He has a H/o Acute liver failure HTN and DM. After stabilization of general condition, he received FFP, PRBCs, somatostatin infusion and PPIs. When is th...See More

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