Hepatic Regeneration in Fulminant Hepatic Failure

Hepatic regeneration: implications in fulminant hepatic failure.

Although the incidence of fulminant hepatic failure appears to have decreased worldwide, the management of this dreaded condition remains unsatisfactory (1). Despite ingenious methods of treatment, the mortality in patients with grade IV coma is still between 80 and 90% in most major series (15, 20). Furthermore the mortality is nearly 100% in patients ov~r the age of 45 who develop grade IV co...

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...

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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