TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Hepatic Failure, Acute A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. Y1 - 2010 N1 - T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Acute hepatic injury causes sudden loss in hepatocytes due to toxins, ischemia, or inflammatory reaction to liver• Fulminant hepatic failure defined as onset of encephalopathy within 8 weeks (9-24 weeks for subfulminant) after onset of acute hepatocellular injury• Etiologies include: -Hepatitis viruses-Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-Varicella-Herpesvirus-Toxins (acetaminophen, isoniazid most common)-Ischemia-Fatty liver of pregnancy-Reye syndrome-Wilson disease-Lymphoma-Hereditary metabolic disorders SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/03 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58112293 ER -