Diagnosis: Fulminant hepatic failure--etiology most likely hepatitis A.
2007
Russell W Steele
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008111
Liver Function Tests
Blood tests that are used to evaluate how well a patient's liver is working and also to help diagnose liver conditions.
Function Test, Liver,Function Tests, Liver,Liver Function Test,Test, Liver Function,Tests, Liver Function
D002675
Child, Preschool
A child between the ages of 2 and 5.
Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003937
Diagnosis, Differential
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.
INFLAMMATION of the LIVER in humans caused by a member of the HEPATOVIRUS genus, HUMAN HEPATITIS A VIRUS. It can be transmitted through fecal contamination of food or water.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
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)