"Acute liver failure": The heart may be the matter

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 236-239

  De Leeuw, K ^a   Meertens, J H J M ^b   Van Der Horst, I C C ^c   Van Der Berg, A P ^c   Ligtenberg, J J M ^b   Tulleken, J E ^b   Zijlstra, J G ^b  

^a Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Critical Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Heart failure; Hypoxic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; UREA;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ATELECTASIS; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTITIS; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPOXIC HEPATITIS; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALAISE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANOXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSAMINASES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 79961016614     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/ACB.66.3.2062557     Document Type: Article

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