Diagnosaurus
Acute hepatic failure
Etiology
- Viral: hepatitis B (common), A, D (in presence of B), E (especially in pregnancy), C (rare), HSV, CMV, infectious mononucleosis, parvovirus B19
- Toxins (predictable): acetaminophen (common), Amanita mushrooms, tetracycline, valproic acid, carbon tetrachloride
- Toxins (idiosyncratic): INH, NSAIDs, halothane, ecstasy, kava
- Vascular: right-sided CHF, shock liver, portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Metabolic & other: Wilson's disease, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, HELLP syndrome, Reye's syndrome, hyper- or hypothermia, lymphoma
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Acute Hepatic Failure." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114700/all/Acute_hepatic_failure.
Zeiger RFR. Acute hepatic failure. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114700/all/Acute_hepatic_failure. Accessed May 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Acute hepatic failure. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114700/all/Acute_hepatic_failure
Zeiger RFR. Acute Hepatic Failure [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114700/all/Acute_hepatic_failure.
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