TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 38. Acute Liver Failure
A1  - Kumar, Sonal
A1  - Qamar, Amir A.
A2  - Greenberger, Norton J.
A2  - Blumberg, Richard S.
A2  - Burakoff, Robert
PY  - 2012
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Endoscopy, 2e
AB  - Drugs,  toxins,  viral  hepatitis,  and  hypoperfusion  are  the  most  common  causes  of  acute  liver  failure  (ALF).Laboratory  findings  may  confirm  the  cause  and  severity  of  presentation.Consider  acetaminophen  toxicity  in  all  patients,  even  without  a  history  of  toxic  ingestion,  particularly  when  serum  aminotransferase  levels  are  very  high  (>1000  units).Depending  on  timing  of  ingestion,  acetaminophen  levels  may  not  be  elevated  even  in  cases  of  overdose.Rapid  diagnostic  and  psychiatric  evaluation  is  required  at  presentation.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55960246
ER  -