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Acute liver failure
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe rapidly after the first signs of liver disease, and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage. The complications are encephalopathy and impaired synthesis. The 1993 classification defines hyperacute as within 1 week, acute as 8–28 days, and subacute as 4–12 weeks; both the speed with which the disease develops and the underlying cause strongly affect outcomes.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·, excessive bleeding, altered state of consciousness, hyperdynamic circulation, hepatocellular , low blood pressure
How it's found
- ·Prothrombin time measurement, complete blood count
Treatment
- ·Liver
Complications
- · encephalopathy, kidney failure, thrombocytopenia, hyponatraemia
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