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Descriptor
English
:
Liver Failure
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Fallo Hepático
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Falência Hepática
Tree Number:
C06.552.308.500
Definition
English
:
Severe inability of the
LIVER
to perform its normal metabolic functions, as evidenced by severe
JAUNDICE
and abnormal
serum
levels of
AMMONIA
;
BILIRUBIN
;
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASES
; and albumin/globulin ratio. (Blakiston's Gould Medical
Dictionary
, 4th ed)
Indexing Annotation
English
:
if
coma
is present, index under
HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
;
LIVER FAILURE
, ACUTE is also available
History Note
English
:
1993; for FULMINATING HEPATIC FAILURE; HEPATIC FAILURE, FULMINANT; and LIVER FAILURE, FULMINANT use HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY 1993-1999
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
30668
Unique Identifier:
D017093
Occurrence in VHL
:
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