Natural course of fulminant hepatic failure: The scenario in Bangladesh and the differences from the west

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-233

  Alam, Shahinul ^b   Azam, Golam ^a   Mustafa, Golam ^c   Azad, Abul Kalam ^b   Haque, Izazul ^c   Gani, Shakil ^c   Ahmad, Nooruddin ^c   Alam, Khorshed ^c   Khan, Mobin ^c  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c Leuvens Kankerinstituut   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acute hepatitis E; Bangladesh; Fulminant hepatic failure; Hepatitis E virus; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BILIRUBIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; PARACETAMOL; PROTHROMBIN; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BANGLADESH; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRAIN EDEMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEPSIS; VIRUS CARRIER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349843530     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.56094     Document Type: Article

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