Acute Liver Impairment in a Young, Healthy Athlete: Hypoxic Hepatitis and Rhabdomyolysis following Heat Stroke

Acute Liver Impairment in a Young, Healthy Athlete: Hypoxic Hepatitis and Rhabdomyolysis following Heat Stroke

Any process that substantially diminishes arterial blood flow or arterial oxygen content to the liver can result in hypoxic (ischaemic) hepatitis. 90% of hypoxic hepatitis occurs in unstable patients in intensive care units with haemodynamic failure secondary to heart failure, respiratory failure an...

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Main Authors: Neville Azzopardi, Stephania Chetcuti, Jessica Sant, James Pocock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-08-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Hypoxic hepatitis
Ischaemic hepatitis
N-acetyl cysteine
Rhabdomyolysis
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/338838

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