Fulminant hepatic failure- a devastating problem

Liaquat Ali; Nagina Fatima; Mashoor Alam Shah; Iftikhar Hussain

Author(s)

Liaquat Ali Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Nagina Fatima Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Mashoor Alam Shah Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Iftikhar Hussain Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

A prospective study of 20 consecutive patients admitted with fulminant hepatic failure was conducted from January, 1998 to December, 1998 (in Medical Intensive Care Unit, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi). The objective was to identify the causes of fulminant hepatic failure and their relation with the outcome among 20 patients, 11 of them were males and 9 were females. Most of the patients were in their 2nd and 3rd decades. The most common cause of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) was viral, present in 18 (80%) out of 20 cases, in 02 patients the cause remained indeterminated. Hepatitis B was found in 8 (40%), Hepatitis E in 5 (25%), Hepatitis A in 3 (15%). Hepatitis C antibodies were not present in any patient. Fourteen patients died and mortality rate was 70%. .

Publication Details

Page(s) 255-257

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 10, Issue: 7, Year: 2000

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Keywords

Fulminant Hepatic Failure Viral Hepatitis Aetiology

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