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AFTB Lecture Notes - Acute Liver Failure

Posted in AFTB lecture, Hepatology, education, elearning, emergency medicine, evidence based medicine, gastroenterology, lecture on Oct 4th, 2008

DEFINITION

Hyperacute liver failure

Presents within 7 days of onset. 36% survival with medical management alone (single most common cause in UK and USA is paracetamol poisoning).

Acute liver failure

Encephalopathy, coagulopathy and jaundice presenting within 8-28 days in patient with previously normal liver. More likely (with hyperacute group) to get cerebral oedema (80%).

Subacute liver failure

Presents from 29-72 days, [...]

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AFTB Lecture Notes I

Posted in AFTB lecture, education, elearning, evidence based medicine, lecture on Oct 4th, 2008

A/Prof Anthony F T Brown lecture series aims to contextualize the most pertinent evidence based information pertaining to acute medical emergencies in summative statements. The principal sources for the evidence based material include:
Textbooks

Evidence-based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. Straus SE, Richardson WS et al eds. 3rdedition 2005, Churchill Livingstone. The original and best EBM handbook with [...]

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