Fulminant liver failure secondary to mushroom poisoning in children: Importance of early referral to a liver transplantation unit

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-265

  Özçay, Figen ^a   Baskin, Esra ^a   Özdemir, Nurhan ^a   Karakayali, Hamdi ^a   Emiroglu, Remzi ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Fulminant liver failure; Liver transplantation; Mushroom poisoning; Plasmapheresis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; SILYMARIN; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; LETHARGY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSHROOM POISONING; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; REVIEW; SOMNOLENCE; STOMACH LAVAGE; TACHYCARDIA; VOMITING;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MUSHROOM POISONING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROGNOSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33645109833     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00452.x     Document Type: Review

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