For critical care specialists, hepatic failure poses complex challenges unlike those of other critical illnesses. A new set of evidence-based recommendations for management of liver failure is presented in the March issue ...
Feb 14, 2020
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European health officials said Tuesday that they have not found a link between cases of a mysterious liver disease outbreak in children.
Apr 26, 2022
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When patients develop acute liver failure, severe complications arise rapidly after the first signs of liver disease, and patients' health can deteriorate rapidly. New research published in the American Journal of Transplantation ...
Mar 19, 2015
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Inflammation of the liver can result from different causes. Besides infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV), other viruses such as cytomegalovirus (CMV) are able to trigger acute hepatitis. Sometimes ...
Jan 17, 2018
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The European Union on Thursday pledged 144 million euros of fresh funding for research on rare diseases that currently affect some 30 million Europeans, the majority of them children.
Feb 28, 2013
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Findings published in the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases journal, Hepatology, indicate that infection, the commonest cause of mortality in patients with acute liver failure (ALF), may be decreased by ...
Jan 9, 2014
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Slammed in the gut by a wrecking ball, the construction worker arrived at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in dire condition years ago.
Sep 12, 2017
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A type of cell responsible for repairing damaged liver tissue has been uncovered for the first time by scientists.
May 2, 2024
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Chronic or acute, liver failure can be deadly. Toxins take over, the skin turns yellow and higher brain function slows.
Feb 27, 2013
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A comprehensive review of hepatotoxicity – liver damage – caused by alcohol, illicit drugs and complementary and alternative medicines has given an insight into epidemiology, risk factors, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, ...
Feb 18, 2014
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