Etiology of fulminant hepatic failure: Experience from a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-164

  Mahtab, Mamum Al ^a   Rahman, Salimur ^a   Khan, Mobin ^a   Mamum, Ayub Al ^a   Afroz, Shahrin ^b  

^a BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Flood; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hepatitis E virus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CEFTRIAXONE; DOPAMINE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; MANNITOL; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLEEDING; BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BANGLADESH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 42149083360     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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