Acute hepatic failure in alcoholic liver disease. 2001

W Kryczka, and E Dutkiewicz, and P Pabjan
Probationary-Infectious Diseases Department, Voivod Hospital, Kielce, Poland.

296 patients with first clinical symptoms of alcoholic liver disease were hospitalized in Probationary-Infectious Diseases Department in Kielce, between 1994-2000. In 52 (17.6%) of them, acute hepatic failure was diagnosed by detection of hepatic encephalopathy. Initial laboratory data of those patients who died (6.1%), and those who survived (11.5%) was compared. No statistically significant differences in analyzed parameters were found, except for significantly higher bilirubin concentration in the group of deceased. In both groups of patients, the frequency of hepatic failure complications, present at the admission to the hospital or those developed in the course of the disease, was also analyzed. The following complications were observed significantly more often in deceased: ascites, hepatorenal syndrome (HRS), spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP), and gastrointestinal haemorrhage (GIH), while sepsis was similarly frequent in both groups.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008108 Liver Diseases, Alcoholic Liver diseases associated with ALCOHOLISM. It usually refers to the coexistence of two or more subentities, i.e., ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS; and ALCOHOLIC CIRRHOSIS. Alcoholic Liver Diseases,Alcoholic Liver Disease,Liver Disease, Alcoholic
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D017093 Liver Failure Severe inability of the LIVER to perform its normal metabolic functions, as evidenced by severe JAUNDICE and abnormal serum levels of AMMONIA; BILIRUBIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES; and albumin/globulin ratio. (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed) Hepatic Failure

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