Acute Liver Failure aka Fulminat hepatic failure- Classification, clinical features, evaluation of causes, management and prognosis
Syndrome in which hepatic encephalopathy , characterized by mental changes progressing from confusion to stupor and coma, results from a sudden severe impairment of hepatic function. According to emedicine/medscape.com Acute liver failure is a broad term and encompasses both fulminant hepatic failure and subfulminant hepatic failure.
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May 18, 2010 # 10:30 pm # Hepato-biliary, Hepatobiliary # No CommentLiver Blood supply:
The liver derives blood from the hepatic artery (20%) and the portal vein (80%).
The hepatic artery usually arises from the aorta at the coeliac axis and divides into the right and left branches at the hilus.
The venous drainage from the liver is by three large hepatic veins right, middle and left into the inferior vena cava (IVC), …
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