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ns11266
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05/30/05 - 09:51 PM

difference between acute hepatic failure&fulminant hepatitis raised eyebrow

mdwannabe
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05/31/05 - 08:00 AM

one is the the reason for the other... acute hepatic failure should not be a diagnosis.It is most of the time secondary to something...like fulminant hepatitis.

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ayeshah_l
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05/31/05 - 10:15 AM

FHF is a term used to discribe coagulopathy and encephalopathy as a result of acute hepatic decompensation within 8 weeks from the onset of illness.

FHF may result from a variety of disease processes.Viral hepatitis and hepatotoxic drugs are two most common causes

ayeshah_l
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05/31/05 - 10:32 AM

acute liver failure is decompensation of liver functions within 8 weeks of onset of hepatocellular injury and if pt . develops hepatic encephalopathy within the same period its called fulminant hepatic failure.

just trying to simplify things!!! smiling face

ns11266
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05/31/05 - 01:03 PM

thanks for the explanation

Sturmjagdewaffen
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06/03/05 - 01:07 AM

ayeshah_l wrote:
acute liver failure is decompensation of liver functions within 8 weeks of onset of hepatocellular injury and if pt . develops hepatic encephalopathy within the same period its called fulminant hepatic failure.

just trying to simplify things!!! smiling face

Where have you found these deffinitions?
In my books, FH is a diagnosis supported by bioptic&imagistic&clinical data yealding massive hepatic necrosis. AHF is the physiopathologic consequence of FH although FH is not the only cause of AHF.

ayeshah_l
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06/03/05 - 05:38 PM

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic990.htm

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