Liver Transplantation Due to Fulminant Liver Failure Secondary to Acute Submassive Necrosis in a Patient Treated with Orlistat
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DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000543969.29118.dd
Abstract: Introduction and Objective: Orlistat is an intestinal lipase inhibitor drug, approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1998, which has been shown to be superior to placebo in weight loss and is currently recommended… read more here.
Keywords: liver failure; liver; drug; transplantation ... See more keywords
Liver transplant evaluation for fulminant liver failure due to acute hepatitis A infection: Case series and literature review
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DOI: 10.1111/tid.13476
Abstract: Hepatitis A virus can cause liver damage ranging from mild illness to fulminant hepatic failure, constituting 0.35% of all cases of fulminant liver failure. While rates of spontaneous remission are higher for hepatitis A, recent… read more here.
Keywords: liver failure; hepatitis; liver; liver transplant ... See more keywords
Atypical, Levetiracetam-induced Hypersensitivity Syndrome Complicated by Fulminant Liver Failure in a Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis
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DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.8985-21
Abstract: A 59-year-old man undergoing hemodialysis was administered levetiracetam, after which he developed a systemic rash, high fever, severe liver dysfunction, and leukocytopenia with reactivation of human herpes virus 6. Atypical drug-induced hypersensitivity (DIHS) was diagnosed,… read more here.
Keywords: undergoing hemodialysis; liver failure; fulminant liver; levetiracetam ... See more keywords