Hepatic Failure
It is the only agent to cause fulminant hepatic failure
What our notes say
- It is the only agent to cause fulminant hepatic failure (Paediatrics end of 2nd semester exam (MBPE 4300): 5 October 2021, 50 MCQs)
- Causes fulminant hepatic failure in pregnancy — most important clinical fact (EXAM: Hepatitis Viruses, Oncogenic Viruses, Paramyxoviruses & Arboviruses)
- Main use now: fibrinogen replacement in DIC, massive transfusion, hepatic failure ( Transfusion: Governance, Donor Selection & Blood Groups)
- Advantage: no dose adjustment required in renal or hepatic failure (Pharmco Notes)
- Poor prognosis: advanced age, bacteremia (sepsis), multisystem (cardiac, renal, hepatic) failure (Respiratory System Pathology 1A)
- Life-threatening complications: - Hepatic failure → multiple organ failure - Coagulopathy - Hepatic encephalopathy - Hepatorenal syndrome - Esophageal varices → rupture → massive GI bleed - Hepatocellular carcinoma (Liver Histology & Physiology)
Study material on Hepatic Failure
- Liver Histology & Physiology
- Liver Histology & Physiology
- Liver Histology, Physiology and Pathology — Practice Questions
- Liver Histology, Physiology and Pathology — Practice Questions
- Liver Histology, Physiology and Pathology — Practice Questions
- Liver Histology, Physiology and Pathology — Practice Questions
- Liver Histology, Physiology and Pathology — Practice Questions
- Liver Histology, Physiology and Pathology — Practice Questions