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Including Acute Liver Failure

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• In status quo<br />

Days 10 - 14<br />

• No sign of hepatic encephalopathy – number<br />

connection tests all less than 30 seconds<br />

• History reviewed fully on multi-consultant ward<br />

round<br />

• Some concerns about alcohol intake although<br />

no suggestion of dependency clinically<br />

• Also AST (250) higher than ALT (150 at this<br />

stage)<br />

• Caeruloplasmin low – ? Wilson’s<br />

• Transjugular liver biopsy arranged

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