Skip to navigation Skip to main content

Su Min Cho

All articles by Su Min Cho

Critical Care Medicine

Acute Hepatic Failure, Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Acute Liver Failure

By
Publish Date

Acute Hepatic Failure Synonyms Continue Reading Fulminant hepatic failure, Acute liver failure Related Conditions Acute liver injury Drug overdose Liver transplantation 1. Description of the problem Acute hepatic failure is characterized by acute onset of acute liver injury, hepatocellular dysfunction, hepatic encephalopathy (any grade) and coagulopathy (INR>1.5), all occurring within 26 weeks’ duration, in a…

Critical Care Medicine

Hepatic encephalopathy, Hepatic stupor, hepatic coma, porto-systemic encephalopathy, hepato-cerebral encephalopathy

By
Publish Date

Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) Also known as: Hepatic stupor, hepatic coma, porto-systemic encephalopathy, hepato-cerebral encephalopathy Continue Reading Similar conditions: HE should be differentiated from other similar conditions such as sepsis-associated encephalopathy, uremia-induced mental status changes, primary CNS infection (encephalitis and meningitis), and medication abuse such as narcotics or benzodiazepines. 1. Description of the problem What every…

  • Loading...

    Continuing Medical Education (CME/CE) Courses

    Show More

Next post in Critical Care Medicine