Abstract

[1] Extensive hepatic necrosis, coagulopathy, impaired liver synthetic function, and hepatic encephalopathy define acute liver failure. Acute Liver Failure (ALF) etiology encompasses a variety of toxic, viral, metabolic and vascular insults as well as DILI, which may manifest especially in perioperative patients who receive multiple medications with hepatotoxic potential. [4] On further analysis of the case and based on the clinical factors analyzed, the likelihood of possible volatile-induced ALF is high (based on the suspicion of drug-induced liver injury with negative exposure or autoimmune panel and suggestive liver biopsy features).

Details

Title
Puzzling postoperative toxin-induced acute liver failure after nonhepatobiliary surgery
Author
Navas-Blanco, Jose 1 ; Swiderek, Jennifer 2 ; Galusca, Dragos 3 

 Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 
 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 
 Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 
Pages
658-659
Publication year
2018
Publication date
Oct/Dec 2018
Publisher
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.
ISSN
1658354X
e-ISSN
09753125
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2116305661
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.