N-acetylcysteine for the treatment of clove oil-induced fulminant hepatic failure.

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...

A case of reversible drug‐induced liver failure

Acute fulminant liver failure and acute renal failure are devastating complications caused by many drugs. The use of N-acetylcysteine has been well established in acetaminophen toxicity, but it remains controversial in other cases. Dialysis is a very effective method of removing certain drugs from the system. With the invention of new street drugs such as "synthetic marijuana," it may be benefi...

Intravenous acetylcysteine in paracetamol induced fulminant hepatic failure: a prospective controlled trial.

OBJECTIVE To see whether intravenous acetylcysteine would improve outcome in patients with fulminant hepatic failure after paracetamol overdose. DESIGN A prospective randomised controlled study. SETTING The Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London. PATIENTS 50 consecutive patients (21 male) aged 16-60 with fulminant hepatic failure after paracetamol overdose who had not...

The role of N-acetylcysteine in the treatment of non-acetaminophen acute liver failure

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare critical illness, usually occurring in patients without underlying liver disease, which can cause significant mortality.[1] ALF has been known by many different terminologies including fulminant hepatic failure, hepatic necrosis, and fulminant hepatitis. While many definitions exist to characterize the process of ALF, the most widely used is the following: he...

Acute fulminant hepatic failure due to colchicine – a rare manifestation of Gloriosa superba poisoning.