Pocket ICU Management
Acute Hepatic Failure
First Things First
- ABCs
- Grade 3-4 encephalopathy: cerebral edema, or substance ingestion, or shock
- Mental status exam and send lab studies ASAP for appropriate triage to ICU or transplant center
- Rapid evaluation for etiology
- If acetaminophen (APAP) toxicity is suspected, do NOT delay treatment.
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Last updated: May 5, 2010
Citation
"Acute Hepatic Failure." Pocket ICU Management, PocketMedicine.com, Inc, 2010. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534038/all/Acute_Hepatic_Failure.
Acute Hepatic Failure. Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534038/all/Acute_Hepatic_Failure. Accessed November 29, 2023.
Acute Hepatic Failure. (2010). In Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534038/all/Acute_Hepatic_Failure
Acute Hepatic Failure [Internet]. In: Pocket ICU Management. PocketMedicine.com, Inc; 2010. [cited 2023 November 29]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/Pocket-ICU-Management/534038/all/Acute_Hepatic_Failure.
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