"Liver Failure, Acute" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A form of rapid-onset LIVER FAILURE, also known as fulminant hepatic failure, caused by severe liver injury or massive loss of HEPATOCYTES. It is characterized by sudden development of liver dysfunction and JAUNDICE. Acute liver failure may progress to exhibit cerebral dysfunction even HEPATIC COMA depending on the etiology that includes hepatic ISCHEMIA, drug toxicity, malignant infiltration, and viral hepatitis such as post-transfusion HEPATITIS B and HEPATITIS C.
| Descriptor ID |
D017114
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.552.308.500.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Liver Failure, Acute- Liver Failure, Acute
- Failure, Acute Liver
- Fulminating Hepatic Failure
- Fulminating Hepatic Failures
- Hepatic Failure, Fulminating
- Hepatic Failures, Fulminating
- Liver Failure, Fulminant
- Fulminant Liver Failure
- Fulminant Liver Failures
- Liver Failures, Fulminant
- Hepatic Failure, Acute
- Acute Hepatic Failure
- Failure, Acute Hepatic
- Hepatic Failure, Fulminant
- Fulminant Hepatic Failure
- Fulminant Hepatic Failures
- Hepatic Failures, Fulminant
- Acute Liver Failure
- Fulminating Liver Failure
- Fulminating Liver Failures
- Liver Failure, Fulminating
- Liver Failures, Fulminating
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3 | 31 |
| 2018 | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| 2019 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Liver Failure, Acute" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19: a fatal case of acute liver failure associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pre-existing liver cirrhosis. BMC Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 03; 21(1):901.
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Two Fatal Cases of Acute Liver Failure Due to HSV-1 Infection in COVID-19 Patients Following Immunomodulatory Therapies. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 07 01; 73(1):e252-e255.
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Liver transplantation for acute liver failure in a SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive patient. Am J Transplant. 2021 08; 21(8):2890-2894.
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Acute liver and cardiac failure in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults after COVID-19. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2021 May; 45(3):101678.
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Vascular Endothelial Damage in the Pathogenesis of Organ Injury in Severe COVID-19. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 05 05; 41(5):1760-1773.
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Liver transplantation in COVID-19 positive patients. Am J Transplant. 2021 05; 21(5):1978.
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Responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic with a rapid rescue plan for patients with acute or acute-on-chronic liver failure by living-donor liver transplantation. J Dig Dis. 2020 12; 21(12):735-736.
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Acetylcysteine for the Treatment of Suspected Remdesivir-Associated Acute Liver Failure in COVID-19: A Case Series. Pharmacotherapy. 2020 11; 40(11):1166-1171.
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COVID-19 presenting as fulminant hepatic failure: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Oct 23; 99(43):e22818.
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Successful orthotopic liver transplantation in a patient with a positive SARS-CoV2 test and acute liver failure secondary to acetaminophen overdose. Am J Transplant. 2021 03; 21(3):1312-1316.