RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
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ID 58112293
T1 Hepatic Failure, Acute
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58112293
RD 2024/04/20
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