Predictors of infection in viral-hepatitis related acute liver failure.

. ShalimarSaurabh KediaHanish SharmaSreejith VasudevanUjjwal SonikaAshish Dutt UpadhyayaSubrat K Acharya

Published in: Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology (2017)

Cerebral edema, elevated ammonia on day 3, and higher MELD score predict the development of infection in ALF. Ammonia persists at high levels in infected patients, and elevated ammonia on day 3 is associated with complications and death.

Keyphrases

liver failure
hepatitis b virus
anaerobic digestion
room temperature
sars cov
subarachnoid hemorrhage
risk factors
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
brain injury
blood brain barrier
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
aortic dissection
cerebral blood flow