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Acute Hepatitis Including Acute Liver Failure

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<strong>Acute</strong> <strong>Liver</strong> Injury<br />

Establishing the Severity & Prognosis<br />

• Aetiology<br />

‣ paracetamol poisoning has unique prognostic criteria<br />

‣ seronegative hepatitis has poor prognosis<br />

• Duration of illness<br />

• Clinical features<br />

‣ shrinking liver<br />

‣ ascites<br />

• Biochemistry limited value<br />

• Coagulation important

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