Successful conservative management of acute hepatic failure following exertional heatstroke

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1135-1139

  Wagner, Martin ^a   Kaufmann, Peter ^a   Fickert, Peter ^a   Trauner, Michael ^a   Lackner, Carolin ^a   Stauber, Rudolf E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic failure; Heatstroke; Rhabdomyolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HEAT STROKE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

ADULT; EXERTION; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0142043936     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200310000-00013     Document Type: Article

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