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Common causes of acute liver failure in a monocenter study: Potential significant reduction of mortality by timely HBV/HAV vaccination

A Canbay, L Bechmann, S Festag, Z Yüksel, M Malago, G Gerken · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2007 · Heft 01

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2007
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Zeitschrift
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
Autor:innen
A Canbay, L Bechmann, S Festag, Z Yüksel, M Malago, G Gerken
Ausgabe
Heft 01 / 2007
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Erschienen: 2007-01-23 00:00:00
ISSN
0044-2771
DOI
10.1055/s-2007-967896

Zusammenfassung

Aims: Acute liver failure (ALF) is the final common pathway of severe hepatocyte injury, with coagulopathy, onset of hepatic encephalopathy within eight weeks from the initial symptoms and a high correlative rate of mortality. AIM: To determine the causes of ALF in our center over a one-year period. Methods: A retrospective monocenter 1-year study (2004) enrolled 31 patients (71% females / 29% males; 42.7±11.6 years of age) fulfilling established criteria for ALF. Causes of liver failure included drug toxicity (41.94%), viral hepatitis (29.03%), autoimmune hepatitis (9.68%), and miscellaneous (19.35%). All patie…

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Drug toxicity Viral hepatitis Hepatitis Autoimmune Hepatitis Acetaminophen Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie