Fulminant hepatic failure: a Portuguese experience

Glyphosate Poisoning with Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Background: Glyphosate containing herbicides are widely used the world over. They are marketed as nontoxic to humans, but numerous studies have showed that these glyphosate-based herbicides (GlySH) can cause multiorgan damage.1 Recent reports of animal studies on rats have raised a doubt of liver damage after long term exposure to GlySH. Case Presentation: a young male had chronic exposure to G...

Liver Transplant for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Single-Center Experience.

OBJECTIVES Acute liver failure is a life-threatening condition with sudden onset liver injury, decreased liver functions, hepatic encephalopathy, and coagulopathy in patients without preexisting liver disease. In this study, we sought to evaluate the results of liver transplant as a treatment for acute liver failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between November 1988 and March 2015, we performed 482...

Fulminant hepatic failure due to metastatic choroidal melanoma

Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Acute liver failure (ALF), also known as fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), embraces a spectrum of clinical entities characterized by acute liver injury, severe hepatocellular dysfunction, and hepatic encephalopathy. This condition is uncommon but not rare; it affects approximately 2000 to 2800 people annually in the United States, with a mortality of 3.5 per million despite intensive support. Lo...

Fulminant Malignant Hepatic Failure

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