LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Action of vitamin e on experimental severe acute liver failure

Miguel, Fabiano Moraes; Schemitt, Elizângela Gonçalves; Colares, Josieli Raskopf; Hartmann, Renata Minuzzo; Morgan-Martins, Maria Isabel; Marroni, Norma Possa.

Arq. gastroenterol; 54 (2), 2017

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Severe Acute Liver Failure (ALF) is a life-threatening clinical syndrome characterized by hepatocyte necrosis, loss of hepatic architecture, and impairment of liver functions. One of the main causes of ALF is hepatotoxicity from chemical agents, which damage hepatocytes and result in...

Alanina Transaminasa/sangre, Fosfatasa Alcalina/sangre, Antioxidantes/uso terapéutico, Aspartato Aminotransferasas/sangre, Modelos Animales de Enfermedad, Fallo Hepático Agudo/enzimología, Fallo Hepático Agudo/patología, Fallo Hepático Agudo/prevención & control, Ratas Wistar, Especies de Nitrógeno Reactivo/metabolismo, Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo, Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad, Vitamina E/uso terapéutico

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Falência hepática aguda secundária a choque cardiogênico em portadores de insuficiência cardíaca congestiva

Fulminant hepatic failure is a complication of severe cardiocirculatory failure, with high morbidity and mortality, and is frequently misdiagnosed as fulminant viral hepatitis. We report three cases of patients with chronic severe heart failure who developed cardiogenic shock complicated by elevation of ...