ALLMedicine™ Acute Liver Failure Center

Sep 28th, 2022 - Paracetamol overdose is one of the most common medical emergencies. Annually in the UK, 100,000 people seek medical attention and 50,000 need hospital admission. Treatment is with the antidote acetylcysteine (NAC), which is effective but takes 21 ...

Sep 27th, 2022 - Acute liver failure (ALF) is a severe and life-threatening condition in which rapid deterioration of liver function develops in a patient who has no preexisting liver disease. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are immunoregulatory stem cells which are...

Sep 27th, 2022 - Organ dysfunction or overt failure is a commonplace event in the critically ill affecting up to 70% of patients during their stay in the ICU. The outcome depends on the resolution of impaired organ function, while a domino-like deterioration of or...

Sep 23rd, 2022 - Splenic artery steal syndrome is a rare complication after liver transplant. It could lead to rapidly evolving major issues such as ischemic cholangiopathy and acute graft failure. Although the pathophysiology is not yet well understood, if diagno...

Sep 22nd, 2022 - In patients with end stage liver disease (ESLD) scheduled for liver transplantation (LT), an intraoperative incidental finding of elevated mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) may be observed. Its association with patient outcome has not been e...

Nov 21st, 2020 - The Practical guideline is based on the current scientific ESPEN guideline on Clinical Nutrition in Liver Disease. It has been shortened and transformed into flow charts for easier use in clinical practice. The guideline is dedicated to all profes...

Sep 28th, 2022 - Paracetamol overdose is one of the most common medical emergencies. Annually in the UK, 100,000 people seek medical attention and 50,000 need hospital admission. Treatment is with the antidote acetylcysteine (NAC), which is effective but takes 21 ...

Sep 6th, 2022 - Part I- Observational study In the first part , investigator would investigate and compare the energy requirements and substrate utilization in healthy subjects and in patients with liver cirrhosis of various etiologies across the disease severity...

Aug 26th, 2022 - Acetaminophen (N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, paracetamol) is a commonly used analgesic and antipyretic. The maximal recommended therapeutic dose of 4 g per day is safe and is well tolerated. Unintentional and intentional overdoses occur and can cause se...

Aug 19th, 2022 - There are about 1.7 billion people with different types of chronic liver diseases in the world, of which about 240 million are infected with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV), and about 15%-40% of chronic hepatitis B can develop into liver cirrhosis...

Aug 8th, 2022 - Pediatric Acute Liver Failure (PALF) is a rare, devastating condition that affects an estimated 250 children per year in North America, causing death in approximately 15% and the need for liver transplantation in an additional 20-30%. In the major...

Sep 2nd, 2022 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with COVID-19 who experience gastrointestinal symptoms have overall worse in-hospital complications but less cardiomyopathy and mortality...

Aug 26th, 2022 - Patients with COVID-19 who experience gastrointestinal symptoms have overall worse in-hospital complications but less cardiomyopathy and mortality, according to a new study. About 20% of COVID-19 patients experience gastrointestinal symptoms, such.

Aug 12th, 2022 - (Reuters) - Novartis AG on Thursday reported two patient fatalities due to acute liver failure following treatment with Zolgensma gene therapy used to treat spinal muscular atrophy. The company has notified health authorities in markets where the ...

Aug 12th, 2022 - Two children taking the gene therapy drug onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma, Novartis) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have died from acute liver failure, according to a statement issued by the drug's manufacturer. The patients were 4 months a...

Jul 1st, 2022 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Off-label use of cidofovir in children with acute liver failure and confirmed adenovirus infection cleared the virus or substantially reduced viremia in a small case series from Kings College Hospital, London. Dr. Avita...