What Is Liver Failure?
Article Sources
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1. Acute Liver Failure
When someone with a healthy liver develops symptoms of liver failure during a period of 26 weeks or less, doctors refer to the condition as acute liver failure.1Gagan K et al. Acute liver failure. Medscape: Drugs and Diseases (2019) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/177354-overview It is usually marked by coagulation problems like bleeding and easy bruising.
Acute liver failure encompasses conditions like Fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) and subfulminant hepatic failure. FHF is usually associated with cognition and mental status changes.
