Diseases

Acute Liver Failure

A form of rapid-onset LIVER FAILURE, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, caused by severe liver injury or massive loss of HEPATOCYTES. It is characterized by sudden development of liver dysfunction and JAUNDICE. Acute liver failure may progress to exhibit cerebral dysfunction even HEPATIC COMA depending on the etiology that includes hepatic ISCHEMIA, drug toxicity, malignant infiltration, and viral hepatitis such as post-transfusion HEPATITIS B and HEPATITIS C.

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A form of rapid-onset LIVER FAILURE, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, caused by severe liver injury or massive loss of HEPATOCYTES. It is characterized by sudden development of liver dysfunction and JAUNDICE. Acute liver failure may progress to exhibit cerebral dysfunction even HEPATIC COMA depending on the etiology that includes hepatic ISCHEMIA, drug toxicity, malignant infiltration, and viral hepatitis such as post-transfusion HEPATITIS B and HEPATITIS C.

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  • Acute Hepatic Failure
  • Hepatic Failure, Acute
  • Liver Failure, Acute
  • Failure, Acute Hepatic
  • Failure, Acute Liver
  • Fulminant Hepatic Failure
  • Fulminating Hepatic Failure
  • Fulminating Liver Failure
  • Hepatic Failure, Fulminant
  • Liver Failure, Fulminant
  • Fulminant Hepatic Failures
  • Fulminant Liver Failure
  • Fulminant Liver Failures
  • Fulminating Hepatic Failures
  • Fulminating Liver Failures
  • Hepatic Failure, Fulminating
  • Liver Failure, Fulminating

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  • Hepatic Encephalopathy (1967-1992)
  • Hepatitis, Toxic (1969-1992)
  • Liver Diseases (1966-1992)

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  1. C06w.552w.308.500w.750w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Acute Liver Failure. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017114. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017114
  2. Acute Liver Failure. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute_liver_failure
  3. Acute Liver Failure. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1192530