Acute liver failure


Respiratory failure

A severe form of respiratory insufficiency characterized by inadequate gas exchange such that the levels of oxygen or carbon dioxide cannot be maintained within normal limits.


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PMID (PMCID)
31040688
 OTHER
Hepatopulmonary syndrome after radiofrequency ablation of recurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a case report.
Wang Y, Ma K, Zhong A, Xiong Q, Chen J.
Onco Targets Ther. 2019;12:2431-2438.
Herein, we report the case of a middle-aged woman who developed acute liver failure with a complicating respiratory failure after RFA of recurrent intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.
28407445
 MALE Middle Aged
Lethal Bentazone Intoxication - A Report of Two Cases.
kavic P, Durakovic Z, Nestic M.
J Forensic Sci. 2018;63(1):321-325.
He was treated according to the symptoms including extracorporeal hemodialysis, but eventually suffered from multiorgan failure (acute respiratory failure, acute liver failure, coagulopathy, acute renal failure, metabolic acidosis, and gastrointestinal bleeding) and died 11.35h after admittance.
22575986
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Leptospirosis: a re-emerging infection.
Sarkar J, Chopra A, Katageri B, Raj H, Goel A.
Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2012;5(6):500-2.
We present a fatal case of leptospirosis with acute liver failure, respiratory failure and jaundice and encephalopathy.
18455026
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Total hepatectomy and liver transplantation as a two-stage procedure for toxic liver: case reports.
Ferraz-Neto BH, Moraes-Junior JM, Hidalgo R, Zurstrassen MP, Lima IK, Novais HS, Rezende MB, Meira-Filho SP, Afonso RC.
Transplant Proc. 2008;40(3):814-6.
Total hepatectomy with temporary portocaval shunt was employed as a bridging procedure before liver transplantation, in the setting of fulminant hepatic failure with "toxic liver syndrome"; acute, severe, and extensive liver necrosis associated with cardiovascular shock and acute renal failure with or without respiratory failure.
17636196
 FEMALE Adult
A case of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis after the primary Epstein-Barr virus infection.
Kitazawa Y, Saito F, Nomura S, Ishii K, Kadota E.
Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2007;13(3):323-8.
The patient received intensive care, including plasma exchange for hepatic failure, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure, and splenectomy for hemophagocytosis; however, the patient died of multiple organ failure, including fulminant hepatic failure.
16504889
 FEMALE Adult
Budd-Chiari syndrome and acute portal vein thrombosis: management by a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) and portal vein interventions via a TIPS.
Kori I, Bar-Zohar D, Carmiel-Haggai M, Samuels D, Nakache R, Oren R, Kessler A, Szold O, Ben-Haim M.
J Gastrointest Surg. 2006;10(3):417-21.
Two young female patients presented with acute liver failure, rapidly progressive tense ascites, renal- and respiratory failure.