The clinical features and outcomes of acute liver failure associated with dengue infection in adults: A case series

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-169

  Tan, Soek Siam ^a   Bujang, Mohamad Adam ^b  

^a Hospital Selayang   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Dengue; Dengue hepatitis; Fulminant hepatic failure

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; MANNITOL; PARACETAMOL;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; DENGUE; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INTUBATION; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876723083     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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