Role of N-acetylcysteine in adults with non-acetaminophen-induced acute liver failure in a center without the facility of liver transplantation

Hepatology International

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 563-570

  Mumtaz, Khalid ^a   Azam, Zahid ^a   Hamid, Saeed ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Memon, Sadik ^b   Ali Shah, Hasnain ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b ISRA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acetylcysteine; Acute; Liver failure; Mortality; Prospective retrospective studies; Survival rate; Viral

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; ISONIAZID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; STRESS ULCER; VOMITING;

EID: 73349084279     PISSN: 19360533     EISSN: 19360541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12072-009-9151-0     Document Type: Article

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