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Liver failure

Liver failure: Introduction

Liver failure: Acute liver failure (ALF) is an uncommon condition in which the rapid deterioration of liver function results in coagulopathy and alteration in the mental status of a previously healthy individual. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Liver failure is available below.

Symptoms of Liver failure

• Early symptoms depend on the underlying cause
• Jaundice
• Brain disorders - as waste products build up in the blood because the liver is not filtering adequately
  • Drowsiness
  • Restlessness
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 9 symptoms of Liver failure

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Liver failure:

• Liver Health & Hepatitis: Home Testing
  • Home Hepatitis Tests
  • Home Liver Tests
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease Tests
• more tests...»

Liver failure: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Liver failure:

• Brain complications (see Brain symptoms)
• Death
• more complications...»

Disease Topics Related To Liver failure

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Liver failure:

• Fulminant hepatic failure
• FHF
• Subfulminant hepatic failure
• Late-onset hepatic failure
• Orthotopic liver transplantation
• more related diseases...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Liver failure

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Liver failure?

• Misdiagnosis of Liver failure
• Failure to diagnose Liver failure
• Hidden causes of Liver failure (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Liver failure

Misdiagnosis and Liver failure

Chronic liver disease often undiagnosed: One study reported that 50% of patients with a chronic liver disease remain undiagnosed by their primary physician. The reasons are multifactorial. Possible conditions include chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, hemochromatosis, or other types of liver condition. See introduction to liver disease or misdiagnosis of liver disease....read more »

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Liver failure: Research Doctors & Specialists

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• Liver Health Specialists (Hepatology):
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Causes of Liver failure

• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Hepatitis
• Acute hepatitis (type of Hepatitis)
• Chronic hepatitis
• Certain toxins - causing acute hepatitis
• more causes...»

See full list of 152 causes of Liver failure

More information about causes of Liver failure:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Liver failure (8 listings)
• Drug interactions causing Liver failure (1 listings)
• Underlying causes of Liver failure
• Liver failure as a complication caused by other conditions
• Liver failure as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Liver failure

Treatments for Liver failure

• Intensive care
• Treatment of the underlying cause
• Liver transplant
• The most important step is to identify the cause of liver failure
• The most important aspect of treatment is to provide good intensive care support
• more treatments...»

See full list of 7 treatments for Liver failure

Latest Treatments for Liver failure

• Isotonic IV fluid
• Oxygen
• Nasogastric suction
• Ampicillin
• Gentamicin
• more treatments...»

See full list of 20 latest treatments for Liver failure

News Archives for Liver failure

Medical news articles related to Liver failure include:

• Video May Help People Make End-of-Life Choices
• Most Devout Most Likely to Fight Death to the End
• Dying Feel Abandoned by Docs in the End
• Obama to End Stem Cell Ban Monday
• Scientists Heartened at Prospect of End to Stem Cell Ban
• Seniors Tend to Stick With End-of-Life Care Preferences
• Patients Benefit From End-of-Life Discussions With a Doctor
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Liver failure

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Patient Surveys for Liver failure

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Prognosis for Liver failure

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Reseach about Liver failure

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Clinical Trials for Liver failure

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Liver failure include:

• Randomized Study of Acetylcysteine in Patients With Acute Liver Failure Not Caused by Acetaminophen - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - acetylcysteine
• Indocyangreen Elimination in Cirrhosis and Acute Liver Failure - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• A Multi-Center Group to Study Acute Liver Failure in Children - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - N-acetylcysteine
• Clinical Trial of Pentoxifyllin in Patient With Cirrhosis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - pentoxifyllin
• Phase 2 Evaluation of the ELAD System in the Management of Acute Liver Failure - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 20 Clinical Trials for Liver failure

Statistics for Liver failure

• Medical statistics for Liver failure
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Liver failure
• Death and Mortality statistics for Liver failure
• Society statistics for Liver failure

Liver failure: Broader Related Topics

• Liver conditions
• Chronic liver disease
• more types...»

Types of Liver failure

Stories from Users Related to Liver failure

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• at my wits end....advice needed pls
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• Please Help... at the end of my rope.......

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Definitions of Liver failure:

The failure of the liver to detoxify chemicals in the body leading to a clinical disease - (Source - Diseases Database)

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