Including Acute Liver Failure
Acute hepatitis, including acute liver failure – Professor Stefan ...
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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