Glyphosate Poisoning with Acute Fulminant Hepatic Failure

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

Acute lung injury in fulminant hepatic failure following paracetamol poisoning.

BACKGROUND There is little information on the incidence of acute lung injury or changes in the pulmonary circulation in acute liver failure. The aim of this study was to record the incidence of acute lung injury in fulminant hepatic failure caused by paracetamol poisoning, to document the associated pulmonary circulatory changes, and to assess the impact of lung injury on patient outcome. MET...

Acute hepatic necrosis and fulminant hepatic failure.

Fulminant hepatic failure' is defined as severe, acute impairment of hepatic function culminating in hepatic encephalopathy, the encephalopathy being the result of hepatocellular failure and supervening within three weeks of the onset of symptoms*. This definition excludes the hepatic encephalopathy of hepatic cirrhosis and of chronic hepatitis, which produces a slightly different clinical pict...

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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